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The costs of import substitution (IS) as a strategy for industrialization, which was deemed synonymous with economic development by many development economists of the fifties and sixties, were shown to be substantial in the influential and nuanced studies of the seventies and eighties under the...
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After the Great Depression and throughout the rest of the twentieth century, Latin American countries basically approached economic development following two successive and quite opposed strategies. The first one was import substitution industrialization. The second was the so-called Washington...
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, measure integrity and other values of these groups, and use this data and data from Kenya to support one of the model …
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exporting and growth performance in Kenya using time series data. Despite trade liberalization and export promotion policies … pursued over time, Kenya's export growth has been sluggish and its contribution to economic growth is still limited …
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exports, imports, and growth performance in Kenya using time series data. Despite trade liberalization and export promotion … policies pursued over time, Kenya's export growth has been sluggish, and exports are still strongly geared towards primary …. There is a need for Kenya to revamp the export-led growth strategy by enhancing export competitiveness, increasing value …
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Folgen für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie. Wir berechnen den Gasverbrauch auf Produktebene für die Zeit vor … Verwendung von Mikrodaten zeigt, dass die Folgen für Umsatz und Wertschöpfung in der Industrie bei Weitem nicht so negativ …
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This paper reviews the literature on economic development from import substitution to export promotion. It then examines the literature on entrepreneurship and economic development creating a framework for promoting development through demonstration effects, knowledge and information...
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households based on data from a densely populated rural area in Western Kenya. The motivation behind migration is largely …
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We study the determinants of households' choices of lighting fuels in Kenya, including the option of using solar home … and sources from Kenya, one of the few relatively well-established SHSs markets in the world. Our results reveal some very …
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theoretical advancements on co-management and drawing on empirical studies conducted in Kenya, the paper examines how successful … Kenya. …
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