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Productivity-enhancing manufacturing clusters : evidence from Vietnam
Howard, Emma; Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2014
In this paper we explore the extent to which firms experience productivity spillovers from clustering using a rich data …-selection and endogenous location choice of firms in an estimation of firm level productivity. Controlling for competition effects … and distinguishing between urbanization and localization economies, we find strong evidence for productivity spillovers …
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Clustering, competition, and spillover effects : evidence from Cambodia
Chhair, Sokty; Newman, Carol - 2014
the emphasis in industrial policy on productivity growth and the potential gains that could be made by facilitating … extent to which it leads to productivity-enhancing effects. We focus on two channels, a competition and a spillover channel … competition effects associated with clustering for formal and manufacturing firms. We find some evidence of productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336442
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New patterns of structural change and effects on inclusive development : a case study of South Africa and Brazil
Greenstein, Joshua - 2015
This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using Census data from the two countries, the analysis combines a household level multidimensional indicator of well-being with the applications of growth incidence curves and a sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465459
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Aid, growth, and development : have we come full circle?
Arndt, Channing; Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2010
The micro-macro paradox has been revived. Despite broadly positive evaluations at the micro and meso-levels, recent literature doubts the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses the aid-growth literature and, taking inspiration from the program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008663071
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Between past and future of Latin America : lessons from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic
Cardoso, Eliana A. - 2010
This paper provides a synthesis of the four papers on the Latin American and Caribbean economies: Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. It focuses on the following themes: macroeconomic stabilization and fiscal challenges, poverty and inequality, and the use of natural resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008663075
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Irregular urbanization as a catalyst for radical social mobilization : the case of the housing movements of São Paulo
Earle, Lucy - 2011
This study focuses on the city of São Paulo, Brazil and examines the ways in which irregular and illegal growth have influenced the collective action of social movements of the urban poor. The study describes how São Paulo grew as a socially segregated city during the twentieth century due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008903421
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Aid and growth : what meta-analysis reveals
Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh; Tarp, Finn - 2011
Some recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses what meta-analysis has to say about the effectiveness of foreign aid in terms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008990905
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Risk experiments in gains and losses : a case study for Benin
Gheyssens, Jonathan; Günther, Isabel - 2012
The aim of this paper is to expand our knowledge on risk aversion among the poor by conducting experiments that do not only test risk aversion in small and large stakes but also in risky gains and risky losses. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to conduct experiments in poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521588
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Aid effectiveness : opening the black box
Arndt, Channing; Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2011
Controversy over the aggregate impact of foreign aid has focused on reduced form estimates of the aid-growth link. The causal chain, through which aid affects developmental outcomes including growth, has received much less attention. We address this gap by: (i) specifying a structural model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009260998
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
, notably infrastructure and enterprise finance, have yet to be resolved. Agricultural productivity remains low. And without new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396968