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Economic development strategies in the Dominican Republic
Pozo, Susan; Sánchez-Fung, José R.; Santos-Paulino, … - 2010
The paper documents the economic development strategies pursued by the Dominican Republic. The study argues that the country's success results from the implementation of a three-pronged economic development strategy. The first prong relates to diversifying production and the second to developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697419
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Achieving development success : strategies and lessons from the developing world
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2013
This paper provides a synthesis of successful strategies and implied lessons for development success, employing at least six themes on in-depth case studies of a large number of developing countries around the world. The coverage includes East Asia and the Pacific (South Korea, Malaysia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009716265
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Development strategies : lessons from the experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam
Khan, Haider Ali - 2010
This piece synthesizes the development strategies of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and draws some relevant lessons. Using a complex adaptive systems approach, strategic openness, a set of heterodox macroeconomic policies, creation of institutions for productive investment in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660869
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Development progress in sub-Saharan Africa : lessons from Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa
Naudé, Wim - 2010
Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa are sub-Saharan African countries that stand out for their development progress. Each of these countries has succeeded against the odds, against expectations. This paper synthesizes the common ingredients of these countries' success, and derives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660880
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Thailand's development strategy and growth performance
Warr, Peter George - 2011
Thailand's development strategy has been strongly market-oriented and open to trade and investment flows with the rest of the world. Since the late 1950s, its growth performance has been outstanding. Poverty incidence has declined dramatically, but economic inequality has increased. Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809230
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Senegal : a service economy in need of an export boost
English, E. Philip - 2016
This paper first summarizes the macroeconomic and trade performance of Senegal, emphasizing the limits of traditional exports. It then focuses on three export sectors which have had some success in the past and have good potential for future growth: tourism, horticulture and information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573243
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Welfare and redistributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2019
This paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its complex typological configuration, which has interlinked with, and partly reflects the complex demographic and epidemiological transitions and rapid urbanization and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124448
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Worker retraining and transfer payments : the political economy of social protection
Jain, Sanjay - 2017
redistribution and retraining - that arguably characterize many reform packages. We analyse the interaction of compensatory … redistribution and retraining programmes, and demonstrate that the provision of redistributive programmes might distort incentives …. Conversely, it may be possible for an economic reform to win political support in the absence of compensatory redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611222
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The political economy of 'linked' progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America
Mosley, Paul; Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru - 2016
One key element in the reduction of poverty and (in Latin America) inequality has been the achievement of greater fiscal equity; we analyse one key part of this process, which is the earmarking of portions of tax revenue to be spent on progressive public expenditures such as social protection,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568140
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Redistribution around the world : causes and consequences
Jäntti, Markus; Pirttilä, Jukka; Rönkkö, Risto - 2016
This paper re-examines the determinants and consequences of redistribution in light of improved data and methods … the best available estimates of both pre- and post-redistribution inequality for the largest set of countries and periods … redistribution and the impacts of redistribution on growth can be misleading. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568157