Similar Search Results

Development diagnostics for the Southern cone

Borensztein, Eduardo; Miller, Sebastián; Sánchez, Gabriel - 2014

This is an update and revision of our 2009 study. Using a broad dataset and an original methodology, this paper reports composite development gaps across economic, social and institutional sectors. We define development gap as the distance between the observed and the expected development level...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286684

The effect of foreign direct investment on employment in manufacturing industry sectors in sub-Saharan African countries

Kang, Hyojung - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013281160

What are the fiscal limits for the developing economies of Central America and the Caribbean?

Ramirez, Francisco A.; Wright, Allan - 2017

This study uses simulations of state-dependent distributions of fiscal limits for 18 economies in Central America and the Caribbean to better understand governments' ability to service their debt, arising from endogenously determined dynamic Laffer curves. Using a small, open economy model to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657269

Corporate tax stimulus and investment in Colombia

Galindo Andrade, Arturo José; Meléndez Arjona, Marcela - 2010

This paper uses a yearly dataset of plant-level investment in Colombian firms during the period 1997 to 2007 to assess the impact of a tax incentive for firms that invest in fixed assets implemented in 2004. A positive and statistically significant correlation is found between the boom observed...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246557

Productive development policies in Jamaica

Panadeiros, Mónica; Benfield, Warren Andrew - 2010

Jamaica seems to be a puzzling case for economic growth: despite the structural reforms implemented in the last three decades and adequate investment levels, real GDP per capita is roughly the same as in 1970. The disappointing performance of this economy suggests that productive development...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247130

When does foreign direct investment lead to inclusive growth?

Kang, Hyojung; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594414

Vujanović, Nina - 2023

This paper investigates spatial dependence of FDI knowledge spillovers in manufacturing and services using spatial … knowledge in manufacturing despite the strong marketstealing effects operating within regions as well as spatially. On the other … research indicates that for knowledge absorption, geographic distance plays differing roles in manufacturing and services, due …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227905

Weather and income : lessons from the main European regions

García-León, David - 2015

Some recent papers by Dell et al. (2009) and Dell et al. (2012) (DJO) relating weather and economic outcomes, have delivered meaningful messages with clear implications to the effects of a changing climate. In a nutshell, the authors claim that a 1°C increase in global average temperatures...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517704

Access to modern energy : a review of barriers, drivers and impacts

Bonan, Jacopo; Pareglio, Stefano; Tavoni, Massimo - 2016 - This version: 5 July 2016

Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as a fundamental challenge for development. Despite strong praise for action and the deployment of large-scale electrification programs and improved cookstove (ICS)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558416

Access to modern energy : a review of impact evaluations

Bonan, Jacopo; Pareglio, Stefano; Tavoni, Massimo - 2014

Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as fundamental challenge for development and is likely to be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Despite a strong praise for action and several...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436654