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s. A simple growth accounting model suggests that advances in education at all levels, good governance, and …, which remains marred by problems related to weak governance as well as autocratic rule. Further, as in Estonia and Latvia …
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Public sector reforms are commonplace in developing countries. Much of the literature about these reforms reflects on their failures. This paper asks about the successes and investigates which of two competing theories best explain why some reforms exhibit such positive deviance. These theories...
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at all levels, good governance, and institutional reforms have played a more significant role in raising economic output … and efficiency in Estonia than in Georgia which remains marred by various problems related to weak governance in the …
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Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: 'how do governments become great?'....
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'Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining...
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This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms actively and consistently for three decades now, and has produced many laws, processes and structures that are 'best in class' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the...
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of capital (extensive growth). We infer that advances in education at all levels, good governance, and institutional … remains marred by various problems related to weak governance in the public and private spheres …
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, and input-output relations in the South. The main findings are: (i) Education and governance raise the level of TFP … directly; and (ii) education and governance also raise TFP through their interaction with foreign R&D in R …) that taking into account the interaction effects between trade, education and governance by reforming the policies …
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