composite development gaps across economic, social and institutional sectors. We define development gap as the distance between … the observed and the expected development level of a country. The gaps are indicators of areas where development needs are … bigger. Although we estimate the development gaps for all countries with available data, we focus the analysis of our results …

Energy-based economic development (EBED) can provide economic, social and environmental benefits related to national … economic development and sustainable growth activities. As both policy and research interests in responsible mechanisms for … economic development grow, EBED benefits are becoming increasingly attractive to planners in both developed and developing …

This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth …-taking is both a driver and a consequence of economic development, and should not be indiscriminately suppressed. The …

vanish. -- Development Accounting ; Productivity ; Intermediate Goods …

child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning that plays a central role in children's development of cognitive …

features that seem to determine development depends on the workings of political institutions, which define how the …