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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 …

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Enrichment with Growth

Klein, Michael U. - 2017

This essay first sets out the "business model" problems entailed by corruption and their effects as well as implications for economic growth. Key issues are the need for secrecy and co-operation with partners in crime. Dealing with these leads to behavior which is ostensibly bizarre and...

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Transport Infrastructure and Welfare : An Application to Nigeria

Ali, Rubaba - 2020

the differential development impacts of alternative road construction and prioritize various proposals, using Nigeria as a … gross domestic product for Nigeria. Although the measure of transport is the most accurate possible, it is still endogenous … costs in Nigeria will increase crop revenue, non-agricultural income, the wealth index, and local gross domestic product …

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Good, Bad, and Ugly Colonial Activities : Studying Development Across the Americas

Gallego, Francisco A. - 2010

Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. This paper argues that part of this variation has its roots in the colonial era. Colonizers engaged in different economic activities in different regions of a country, depending on local conditions. Some activities were...

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The Impact of Mining on Spatial Inequality Recent Evidence from Africa

Addison, Tony - 2017

This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The identification strategy is based on a unilateral causation between mining and district inequality. The findings show that when minerals are aggregated, mining increases district...

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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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Reverse Mortgages, Financial Inclusion, and Economic Development : Potential Benefit and Risks

Knaack, Peter - 2020

This paper examines the state of reverse mortgage markets in selected countries around the world and considers the potential benefits and risks of these products from a financial inclusion and economic benefit standpoint. Despite potentially increasing demand from aging societies -- combined...

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Urbanization and Development : Is Latin America and the Caribbean Different from the Rest of the World?

Roberts, Mark - 2017

Two long-established stylized facts in the urban and development economics literatures are that: (a) a country's level of economic development is strongly positively correlated with its level of urbanization; and (b) a country's level of urbanization is strongly negatively correlated with the...

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Beyond Capital : Monitoring Development Outcomes of Multinational Enterprises

Lejarraga, Iza - 2018

This study presents a novel set of indicators on outcomes of foreign direct investment spanning 63 developing countries and 10 areas that matter for development. Building on decade-long data collection by the World Bank Enterprise Surveys, the indicators highlight systematic differences between...

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Human Capital and Macro-Economic Development : A Review of the Evidence

Rossi, Federico - 2018

This paper reviews the evidence on the importance of human capital for macro-economic development. Through the lens of a simple aggregate production function, human capital might increase output per capita by directly entering in the production process, incentivising the accumulation of...

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