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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Heston, Alan - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
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The impact of China and India on the developing world
Kaplinsky, Raphael - In: CESifo Forum 08 (2007) 1, pp. 15-21
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Country role models for development success: The case of Costa Rica
Trejos, Alberto - 2009
In this paper, I discuss the reasons for Costa Rica's economic performance over the last quarter of a century. Three complementary sets of policies (investments in human capital, careful stabilization, and an intelligent and aggressive integration into the world economy) explain the successful...
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The Omani and Bahraini paths to development: Rare and contrasting oil-based economic success stories
Looney, Robert - 2009
Oman and Bahrain are Middle Eastern success stories. There are some key similarities. Both have followed pragmatic development strategies built on a stable foundation of strengthened governance structures and enhanced economic liberalization. These improvements occurred in somewhat different...
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The Chinese economy: How much market - how much state?
Taube, Markus - In: CESifo Forum 06 (2005) 3, pp. 3-7
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Institutional Determinants of Economic Performance in OECD Countries – An Institutions Climate Index
Eicher, Theo; Röhn, Oliver - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 1, pp. 38-49
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Early starts, reversals and catchup in the process of economic development
Chanda, Areendam; Putterman, Louis - 2004
Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318983
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The transmission mechanism of credit support policies in the Euro Area
Boeckx, Jef; de Sola Perea, Maite; Peersman, Gert - 2016
We use an original monthly dataset of 131 individual euro area banks to examine the effectiveness and transmission mechanism of the Eurosystem's credit support policies since the start of the crisis. First, we show that these policies have indeed been successful in stimulating the credit flow of...
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The Cost Competitiveness of Manufacturing in China and India: An Industry and Regional Perspective
van Ark, Bart - 2008
manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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India's economic growth: From socialist rate of growth to Bharatiya rate of growth
Virmani, Arvind - 2004
Paper reviews India's growth performance since independence. Phrases suchas "Hindu Rate of Growth," sometimes make a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807532