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Trade and economic growth : theories and evidence from the Southern African Development Community
Farahane, Matias Jaime; Heshmati, Almas - 2020
This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that trade can act as an engine of growth using panel data for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional integration agreement (RIA) organization, the central objective of whose formation was the need to accelerate, foster, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286173
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A survey of inclusive growth policy
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk; Wood, Jacob - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 3/65, pp. 1-18
-biased technological change; (ii) enhancing education systems; (iii) consolidation of globalization; and (iv) reform of the labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025364
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A survey of the role of fiscal policy in addressing income inequality, poverty reduction and inclusive growth
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk - 2014
poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … and economic growth. Developing countries on the other hand, especially countries in Asia are in the process of shifting … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345543
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Migration, openness and the global preconditions of "smart development"
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523002
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Re-orient? : MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896161
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The relationship between income inquality, poverty and globalisation
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002226391
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Review of the recent trends in development economics research : with experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - In: Development economics research trends, (pp. 1-63). 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003875683
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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2007
investment ; globalization ; outsourcing ; technology ; capability ; energy ; trade flows ; inequality and poverty ; technology … recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646693
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The relationship between income inequality, poverty and globalization
Heshmati, Almas - In: The impact of globalization on the world's poor : …, (pp. 59-93). 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003407779
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The relationship between income inequality, poverty, and globalization
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003119706