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The external debt crisis and its impact on economic gowth and investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. A regional econometric approach of ECOWAS countries.
Suma, Dauda Foday - 2007
Development economists generally argue that poor countries at their early stages of development are often faced with limited domestic resources for development, and can therefore borrow from the developed nations to boost their rate of growth and development. This financing gap problem, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480941
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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty [FAST version]
Wilson, Edgar James - 2009
A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457368
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Defining and Measuring Entrepreneuship for Regional Research: A New Approach
Low, Sarah A. - 2009
In this dissertation, I develop a definition and regional measure of entrepreneurship that will aid entrepreneurship … research and economic development policy. My new indicators represent an improvement over current measures of entrepreneurship … represent a significant contribution to the literature and can stimulate discussion among entrepreneurship scholars about how we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477924
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250
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Towards an Economics of Happiness
Norberg-Hodge, Helena; Gorelick, Steven - 2004
The authors have studied the effects of global economic development on individuals and cultures for the last three decades and have concluded that the most strategic and effective way of building a more positive future is through economic localisation. Fundamentally, localisation is about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468653
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New Zealand's perfect storm of entrepreneurship and economic development
Frederick, Howard; Monsen, Erik - 2011
Applying a grounded-theory approach to analyzing the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, we attempt to explain … why New Zealand exhibits only a moderate level of economic development despite its high level of entrepreneurship. By … curvilinear relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development, we develop a better understanding of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483886
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Entrepreneurship and economic growth : why is New Zealand an outlier? A preliminary analysis
Frederick, Howard - 2005
The literature indicates that entrepreneurship and economic growth are closely and positively associated. For four … if it were to emulate other countries. We make use of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data set, including nascent … entrepreneurship rates for 45 countries over the 2000-2004 period as well as variables from standardised national statistics. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483962
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The relationship between net private capital flows and economic growth in emerging Asian economies
Vo, Xuan Vinh; Daly, Kevin James - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004
Net private capital flows (Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Portfolio Investment and private credit flows) to emerging market economies declined significantly after the 1997 Financial Crisis. In 2002, the world's net private capital flows to emerging markets declined to the lowest level in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482244
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Essays on business cycle analysis and demography
Sarferaz, Samad - 2010
Diese Arbeit besteht aus vier Essays, die empirische und methodische Beiträge zur Messung von Konjunkturzyklen und deren Zusammenhänge zu demographischen Variablen liefern. Der erste Essay analysiert unter Zuhilfenahme eines Bayesianischen Dynamischen Faktormodelles die Volatilität des...
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