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Szirmai, Adam - 2011

This paper examines the theoretical and empirical evidence for the hypothesis that manufacturing is the main engine of growth in developing countries. The paper opens with an overview of the main arguments supporting the engine of growth hypothesis and then examines each of these arguments using...

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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa

Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - 2014

shifting roles of industry vs. agriculture and that of government, and the public sector vs. markets and the private sector …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260001

Globotics and development : when manufacturing is jobless and services are tradable

Baldwin, Richard E.; Forslid, Rikard - 2019

Globalization and robotics (globotics) are transforming the world economy at an explosive pace since they are driven by digital technology that is advancing in phenomenal increments. This paper - which should be considered a 'thought piece' - argues that the globotics transformation is likely to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137956

Structural transformation and international trade : evidence from the China shock

Nedoncelle, Clément; Wolfersberger, Julien - 2023

How does international trade affect structural transformation in developing countries? We use data on sectoral allocation of labour and value-added in 46 developing economies over the period 1995-2017 and exploit for identification plausibly exogenous variation in manufacturing imports from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280617

Modelling growth scenarios for biofuels in South Africa's transport sector

Stone, Adrian; Henley, Giles; Maseela, Tiisetso - 2015

South Africa has a nascent biofuels industry and emerging regulatory framework, and although water scarcity limits … modelling approach of an assessment of potential biofuel demand from South Africa's transport sector to 2050 that may respond to … areas of land for local supply, but that the bulk of potential demand is highly dependent on the evolution of transport …

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Scoping study on the evolution of industry in Ghana

Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles Komla Delali; Turkson, … - 2014

This paper chronicles the evolution of industry in Ghana over the post-independence era from an inward over … resource endowments. Over the last couple of years, industry in Ghana, dominated since independence by the manufacturing … and gas. Industry is mainly dominated by micro and small firms, privately-owned and mainly located within urban areas in …

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How many manufacturing firms are there in Mozambique?

Schou, Søren; Cardoso, José - 2014

This paper addresses the issue of poor data on Mozambican manufacturing firms. A new dataset (the merged manufacturing database) is merged from provincial industrial databases from each of Mozambique's 11 provinces. The new dataset is assessed by comparing it to the latest manufacturing...

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Inferring the economic standard of living and health from cohort height : evidence from modern populations in developing countries

Akachi, Yoko; Canning, David - 2015

Average adult height is a physical measure of the biological standard of living of a population. While the biological and economic standards of living of a population are very different concepts, they are linked and may empirically move together. If this is so, then cohort heights can also be...

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Global poverty, aid, and middle-income countries : are the country classifications moribund or is global poverty in the process of 'nationalizing'?

Sumner, Andrew - 2013

The majority of the world's poor, by income poverty and multi-dimensional poverty, now live in countries officially classified by the World Bank as middle-income countries. Of course nothing happens when a country crosses a (somewhat) arbitrary threshold in per capita income but it does matter...

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A capable state in Afghanistan : a building without a foundation?

de Weijer, Frauke - 2013

This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753321

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