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"Small Miracles"-- Behavioral Insights to Improve Development Policy : World Development Report 2015
Demeritt, Allison - 2017
One of the most fruitful advances in modern economics has been the introduction of psychological realism into the model of "economic man." The World Development Report 2015 organizes the evidence about how humans actually think and make decisions into a coherent framework useful for designing...
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Escaping the Capability Trap : Turning"Small"Development Into"Big"Development
Campos, J. Edgardo - 2017
The international development community has been grappling with the challenges of implementing development programs and, consequently, with the design of practical approaches to attaining program objectives. This paper contributes to the emerging discussion on addressing the implementation...
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How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy?
Woolcock, Michael - 2017
The consensus among scholars and policymakers that "institutions matter" for development has led inexorably to a conclusion that "history matters," since institutions clearly form and evolve over time. Unfortunately, however, the next logical step has not yet been taken, which is to recognize...
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Is the New Political Economy Relevant to Developing Countries?
Lachler, Ulrich - 2017
that one wonders why the intellectual merger between the two approaches in the New Political Economy has taken so long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746955
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Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth : A Framework and Case Studies
McMillan, Margaret - 2017
development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries -- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957710
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Structural Change and Poverty Reduction in Brazil : The Impact of the Doha Round
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2016
out of farming activities are some of the major structural adjustment factors shaping the evolution of an economy and its … connected poverty trends. The main focus of the authors is understanding, for the case of Brazil, how a trade shock interacts …
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The Economics of Policy Instruments to Stimulate Wind Power in Brazil
Landis, Florian - 2017
equilibrium model, this study analyzes the economy-wide costs of achieving a 10 percent share of wind power in Brazil … industrialized and developing economics mainly because of various fiscal and regulatory policies. An understanding of the economy …?s electricity supply mix by 2030. Brazil is in the midst of an active program of wind capacity expansion. The welfare loss would be …
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Policy Challenges for Emerging and Developing Economies : Lessons from the Past Decade
Ruch, Franz Ulrich - 2020
The 2009 global recession demonstrated, once again, the importance of crisis prevention as well as the critical need for preserving policy room so that emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) can act when their economies are hit by shocks. And now, with the global growth outlook still...
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Egypt Beyond the Crisis : Medium-Term Challenges for Sustained Growth
Herrera, Santiago - 2017
Egyptian economy: if the economy had the traditionally-used share of labor in income (40 percent), the output loss would have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976332
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Banking Sector Stability, Efficiency, and Outreach in Kenya
Beck, Thorsten - 2017
Although Kenya's financial system is by far the largest and most developed in East Africa and its stability has improved significantly over the past years, many challenges remain. This paper assesses the stability, efficiency, and outreach of Kenya's banking system, using aggregate, bank-level,...
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