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Deintegration in the European Union and lessons for Asia
Robbani, Golam - 2020
The European Union (EU) is one of the most successful integration arrangements in the world. However, the …: Was the former French President, de Gaulle, right that the United Kingdom (UK) did not fit in the EU? Is it that the UK … government failed to redistribute the gains from EU membership equitably to the Britons who voted for Brexit? Is Brexit happening …
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Urbanization and rural development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming; Ni, Pengtu - 2016
This paper presents research findings on how urbanization enhances productivity and economic growth in both urban and rural sectors. Through agglomeration effects, employment opportunities and income levels can largely increase. In addition, the mechanisms of sharing, matching, and learning are...
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Spatial estimation of the nexus between the PRC's foreign direct investment and ASEAN's growth
Uttama, Nathapornpan Piyaareekul - 2016
Forging closer economic relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the last 2 decades has contributed to building a stronger ASEAN economy. It is particularly important to know how the PRC's foreign direct investment...
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Manufacturing as the key engine of economic growth for middle-income economies
Su, Dan; Yao, Yang - 2016
This paper revisits the role of the manufacturing sector during the middle-income stage. By exploiting a large dataset that covers internationally comparable sectoral information, we prove that the manufacturing sector is imbued with three important characteristics. First, for middle-income...
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Demographic dividend, digital innovation, and economic growth : Bangladesh experience
Zaman, Kazi Arif Uz; Sarker, Tapan - 2021
This study aims to understand the linkages between demographic dividends, digital innovation, and economic growth, using Bangladesh as a case study. It adopts a three-stage least squares (3SLS) model to explore how and to what extent the digitization and demographic transition lead towards...
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Digitalization and economic performance of two fast-growing Asian economies : India and the People's Republic of China
Sahoo, Dukhabandhu; Nayak, Suryakanta; Behera, Jayanti - 2021
This paper aims to identify the role of digitalization and infrastructure in two fast-growing Asian economies, namely India and the People's Republic of China (PRC), within the growth framework from1990 to 2019 by using panel 2SLS and the NARDL technique. The results show that internet and...
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Two stages of economic development
Gong, Gang - 2016
This study suggests that the development process of a less-developed country can be divided into two stages, which demonstrate significantly different properties in areas such as structural endowments, production modes, income distribution, and the forces that drive economic growth. The two...
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Infrastructure and urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Li, Zhigang - 2017
The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined relationship between investment, urbanization, and economic growth. In one mechanism, urbanization generates demand for infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth...
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Middle-class composition and growth in middle-income countries
Riana, Razafimandimby Andrianjaka - 2017
The impact of the expansion of the middle class in developing countries has been widely investigated in recent years. The middle class is generally apprehended by its overall demographic size, which, we believe, may hide crucial features and differences across nations because the composition of...
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Takeoffs, landing, and economic growth
Pakrashi, Debayan; Frijters, Paul - 2017
Economic growth in the East Asian economies was remarkable during the latter part of the 20th century, starting with Japan just after World War II, followed by the East Asian Tigers and "tiger cubs" after that and, most recently, the People's Republic of China and India. The high, sustained...
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