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GVC Participation and Deep Integration in Brazil
Hollweg, Claire Honore - 2018
The production of export goods has become increasingly unbundled, and countries positioning to become more integrated in the global economy are increasingly looking toward global value chains. This paper uses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/World Trade Organization's...
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Does Premature Deindustrialization Matter? The Role of Manufacturing Versus Services in Development
Nayyar, Gaurav - 2018
The shares of manufacturing in value added and employment across a range of developing economies peaked at lower levels of per capita income compared with their high-income, early-industrializer precursors. Based on the statistical analysis of input-output tables and firm-level data, the paper...
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Policies, Prices, and Poverty : The Sugar, Vegetable Oil, and Flour Industries in Senegal
Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly - 2017
Like many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal has struggled to develop its industrial sector in the face of import competition. For basic food products, there is an implicit trade-off between the objectives of maintaining employment and lowering the cost of living, both of which figure...
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Urbanization and the Geography of Development
Henderson, J. Vernon - 2017
herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization in fact drive urbanization? While … industrialization correlate only weakly with changes in urbanization. This suggests that policy and institutional factors may also … influence the urbanization process. In fact, the relationship between industrialization and urbanization is absent in Sub …
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Public Policy and Industrial Transformation in the Process of Development
Agenor, Pierre-Richard - 2017
imitation sector. The process of industrialization increases the demand for high-skill labor, inducing individuals to invest in …
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Second Best? Investment Climate and Performance in Africa's Special Economic Zones
Farole, Thomas - 2017
industrialization, diversification, and trade integration in many countries, particularly in East Asia. However, in the African context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976338
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Industry and Skill Wage Premiums in East Asia
di Gropello, Emanuela - 2017
This paper focuses on the estimation of skill/industry premiums and labor force composition at the national and sector levels in seven East Asian countries with the objective of providing a comprehensive analysis of trends in demand for skills in the region. The paper addresses the following...
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How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?
Mukim, Megha - 2017
This paper reviews city-based industrialization across Ethiopia to understand (a) its importance in driving net job …
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Trade Facilitation in Services : A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
Gillson, Ian - 2020
Beyond their key contribution to value chains in all sectors, services represent a centrally important source of economic and export diversification. This paper discusses how to promote trade in services as a channel for growth, employment, and diversification by assessing services trade costs...
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Facilitating Trade in Services
Hoekman, Bernard - 2020
In 2016, the Government of India proposed negotiations on an agreement to facilitate trade in services to complement the 2013 World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement in goods. The proposal did not find much support, but plurilateral talks launched in 2017 on various policy areas...
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