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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 … industrialization only played a significant role in Vietnam …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957710
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The Role of Services in Rural Income : The Case of Vietnam
Aksoy, Ataman - 2016
This paper investigates the role of services in the household response to trade reforms in Vietnam. The relative … coverage of infrastructure services in Vietnam even before the reforms. When service availability is very similar across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747796
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Structural Transformation and Productivity Growth in Africa : Uganda in the 2000s
Ahmed, Sabin - 2017
Uganda?s economy underwent significant structural change in the 2000s whereby the share of non-tradable services in aggregate employment rose by about 7 percentage points at the expense of the production of tradable goods. The process also involved a 12-percentage-point shift in employment away...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970539
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Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973124
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Poverty and Survival Prospects of Vietnamese Children Under Doi Moi
Wagstaff, Adam - 2017
By international standards, and given its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved substantial reductions … inequalities in child survival are evident in Vietnam-a change from the early 1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop … progress among the poor will jeopardize Vietnam's chances of achieving the international development goals for child mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973173
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Can Service Be a Growth Escalator in Low-Income Countries?
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
Several high-level reports have raised the concern that low-income countries, especially in Africa, are experiencing premature de-industrialization. The concern is that they are growing without transforming. Have the latecomers to development missed the boat? Although these concerns are well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972972
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839626
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907704
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Understanding Economic Growth in Ghana in Comparative Perspective
Geiger, Michael Tobias - 2019
Ghana has experienced a decade of solid and exceptionally high growth. Between 2005 and 2015, income nearly doubled. This paper analyzes the factors driving this impressive growth performance, using tools such as structural change decompositions and growth regressions. For the comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895208
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Financial Development, Growth, and Crisis : Is There a Trade-Off?
Loayza, Norman - 2017
This paper reviews the evolving literature that links financial development, financial crises, and economic growth in the past 20 years. The initial disconnect -- with one literature focusing on the effect of financial deepening on long -- run growth and another studying its impact on volatility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943988