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The regional development policy in Brazil materializes mainly in the regional development funds for the north-east (FNE … provided by Brazil's government. The study uses spatial panel models and different spatial scales of municipalities and micro …
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Reflection about the role of corporate social investment in Brazil, associated with the presence of a large economic …
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This paper investigates China's influence on local economic development in 37 African countries between 1997 and 2007. We compare the average changes in economic growth, migration, spatial inequality, and welfare of mineral-rich districts, both prior and after China's WTO Accession, to the...
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This paper identifies historic patterns in the dialectic between nationalism and development across various East, South, and Southeast Asian nations. Nationalism as the rationale for development is used by regimes to achieve high levels of growth, but also generates exclusivism and hostilities,...
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This paper provides a synthesis of the four papers on the Latin American and Caribbean economies: Brazil, Chile, Costa …
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Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the … last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil's unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The … paper argues that Brazil's unique combination of economic and social policies is at the root of its inclusive growth, but it …
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This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using …
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Through rapid urbanization, Brazil-previously a country where most workers were in the agricultural sector-went through …
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The paper reviews what we know about the possibilities of designing and implementing policy measures that raise the contribution of the extractive industries' production/consumption links to economic growth and wellbeing, and reviews how policies pursued by various governments have succeeded. It...
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In this paper, we use the new economic geography (NEG) framework to estimate the extent to which spatial wage …
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