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This paper outlines the contours of global economic development, since 1980, to analyse underlying factors and consider …, manufacturing and trade, is striking. But development, driven by rapid economic growth, has been most uneven. It is concentrated in … to development, rather than unique solutions, so that one-size-does-not-fit-all and there are choices to be made. And it …
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the interplay between extractives and economic development. Just as 'the resource curse' fails as a generic explanation on … to diversify, options for pacing development, and appropriate performance measures. …
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The impact of conflict on taxation and development has long been debated. Most studies suggest that conflict will have … a depressive effect on state tax collection, negatively impacting economic growth and development. After reviewing the …
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There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...
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sequencing, timing, and scale of the development of a natural resource endowment; reviews the ‘resource curse’ literature; looks …
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private capital markets can be accessed and thus official development assistance is becoming of lesser importance over time as …
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perspective on economic development and structural transformation. As a result, mainstream approaches have often addressed only …
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This paper provides a basic understanding of the nature of emerging key information and communication technologies, and establishes the distance of countries from high-quality access to the internet - the necessary threshold one needs to cross in order to make use of such technologies. The paper...
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States' fiscal capacity plays a pivotal role in developing economies, but it is less clear what its determinants are or what explains cross-country differences. We focus on the impact of natural resources. Standard arguments suggest that natural resources rents may reduce incentives to invest in...
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Success in development over the past half-century was based on manufacturing-led export growth. Because the share of … especially services, has the prospect of attaining the same success as the old manufacturing export-led strategy. The development … state will continue to be central, but has to be redefined. The new development strategies will require greater balance …
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