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This paper studies economic growth in Malaysia, with the purpose of assessing the potential to attain the status and …-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Under the business-as-usual baseline, Malaysia's GDP growth is expected to decline from 4.5 to 2 … capital and slowing growth rates of total factor productivity and human capital. Strong reforms are required for Malaysia to …
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an extensive literature review, the paper identifies the main determinants of economic productivity as innovation …, education, market efficiency, infrastructure, and institutions. Based on underlying proxies, the paper constructs indexes …
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low levels of corruption. Accumulation of human as well as physical capital, but also the quality of institutions and …
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-seeking drives resources away from innovation. These two channels can help in understanding why Argentina has more misallocation …
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This paper presents new evidence that cronyism reduces long-term economic growth by discouraging firms' innovation … on establishments' political connections, their innovation activities, and their access to policy privileges. The … politically connected firms to over 7 percent for unconnected firms. The results are robust across different innovation measures …
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productivity and innovation to help policymakers promote China's future growth and achieve their vision of a modern and innovative … global innovation and technology frontier"-- …
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poverty-reducing performance has been the historic trajectory of innovation. During the 20th Century, most of global … innovation had its origins in the north, producing products for high income consumers, developing technologies which excluded … poor producers and technologies which were energy intensive and polluting. This innovation trajectory gave rise to the not …
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Inclusive innovation seeks to expand access to essential goods and services, thereby improving quality of life, and … directly at the needs of excluded populations. Inclusive innovation is of high relevance for the Chinese authorities, but the … innovation, yet has recognized the importance of inclusive innovation in addressing increasing disparity between the rich and …
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A void in the literature on the business environment is how it evolves over time. Focusing on China during its crucial two decades of transition (from the early 1990s to the early 2010s), this paper documents how the country's business environment and the characteristics of entrepreneurs...
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