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China's growth miracle in the context of Asian transformation
Lin, Justin Yifu - 2018
Myrdal did not cover China in his Asian Drama. If he did, he would have been most likely pessimistic about China, as he … was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a … planned economy to a market economy at the end of 1978. This paper provides answers to the questions: Why was China trapped in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894344
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The developer's dilemma : a survey of structural transformation and inequality dynamics
Alisjahbana, Armida S.; Kim, Kyunghoon; Sen, Kunal; … - 2020
This paper discusses the 'developer's dilemma' - a tension emerging from the fact that developing countries are simultaneously seeking structural transformation and broad-based growth to raise incomes of the poor. Simon Kuznets originally hypothesized that structural transformation may have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183608
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Informal-formal workers' transition in Nigeria : a livelihood analysis
Folawewo, Abiodun Oluwole; Orija, Olusegun A. - 2020
This study evaluates the effects of the informal sector on Nigerian workers' livelihoods and analyses workers' transitions within the informal sector and between informal and formal employment. A binary logit model is applied to General Household Survey panel data for the periods 2010/11,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308990
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Transitional justice and aid
Hellsten, Sirkku - 2012
) authoritarian societies in order to strengthen their democracy. Special attention is paid to gender justice. Illustrations are drawn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424718
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396968
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Capacity development for the transformation of Africa
Léautier, Frannie A. - 2014
Countries need capacity for a variety of reasons, including sustaining economic growth, generating jobs, reducing poverty, effectively managing development programmes, and transforming societies and economies. A lot of effort has been expended to develop capacity in Africa with mixed results....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010253380
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Transition in Southeast Europe : understanding economic development and institutional change
Uvalić, Milica - 2010
The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating how these countries encountered difficulties in its implementation, despite having some of the best starting conditions in 1989 to implement a swift transition to a market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661219
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Extractive industries and development : lessons from international experience for Mozambique
Roe, Alan - 2018
In common with several other low-income African economies, in recent years Mozambique has seen a significant expansion of interest and investment in its long-established extractives industries. Huge new gas finds in particular have led to expectations that these industries will contribute very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873860
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Exploring regional and gender disparities in Beninese primary school attendance : a multilevel approach
McNabb, Kyle - 2017
in order to investigate regional and gender disparities in primary school attendance rates in Benin. Despite almost … and show that, despite progress, gender disparities in education persist in Benin. The opportunity cost of attending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628137
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The long road to normalcy : where Russia now stands
Popov, Vladimir V. - 2010
trajectories ; Russia ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660851