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Amin, Mohammad - 2017

It is argued that compared with large countries, small countries rely more on trade and therefore they are more likely to adopt liberal trading policies. The present paper extends this idea beyond the conventional trade openness measures by analyzing the relationship between country size and the...

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Imports of Intermediate Inputs and Country Size

Amin, Mohammad - 2017

The paper analyzes the relationship between country size and the use of imported intermediate inputs by firms in 76 developing countries. Recent evidence indicates that the use of imported inputs can have a large, positive effect on productivity and growth, thus motivating a better understanding...

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Cotton, Biotechnology, and Economic Development

Baffes, John - 2017

toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper …

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Engineers, Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas

Maloney, William F. - 2017

This paper offers the first evidence on the prevalence of a central actor in modern growth theory?the engineer. Using newly collected sub-national, and international data as well as historical case studies, it then argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of...

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Innovation and Development Around the World, 1960-2000

Lederman, Daniel - 2005

The authors present a database of indicators of innovative activity around the world since the early 1960s. The data … include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation … outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and …

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Will Digital Technologies Transform Agriculture in Developing Countries?

Deichmann, Uwe - 2017

no exception. Building on a recent World Bank flagship report, this paper introduces a concise framework for describing … economy, raise efficiency by complementing other production factors, and foster innovation by dramatically reducing …

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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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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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Economic Growth and Crime Against Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Developing Economies

Islam, Asif - 2017

Several studies have explored the relationship between economy-level crime rates or individual-level crime and economic growth. However, few studies have examined the relationship between economic growth and crime against firms. This study uses data for about 12,000 firms in 27 developing...

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Structural Change, Dualism and Economic Development : The Role of the Vulnerable Poor on Marginal Lands

Barbier, Edward B. - 2017

Empirical evidence indicates that in many developing regions, the extreme poor in more marginal land areas form a "residual" pool of rural labor. Structural transformation in such developing economies depends crucially on labor and land use decisions of these most-vulnerable populations located...

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