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The Effects of FDI Liberalization on Structural Transformation and Demographic Change: Evidence from China
Erten, Bilge; Leight, Jessica; Zhu, Lianming - 2023
How does foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization shape structural transformation and demographic change in developing countries? We provide new evidence on this question using five waves of Chinese census data between 1990 and 2015, exploiting quasi-exogenous variation in FDI...
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Field of Conflict: Ein relationaler Ansatz zur Analyse von Konflikten um Land
Dietz, Kristina; Engels, Bettina - 2018
In diesem Beitrag wird ein Analyserahmen entworfen, um Konflikte um Land, die im Zusammenhang mit strukturellen …, vereinfachende Ursache-Wirkungserklärungen, die Konflikte um Land als 'lokale' Reaktionen auf 'globale' Krisen fassen, zu überwinden …In this paper, a framework is developed to empirically analyse conflicts over land in the context of structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019474
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Small farms: Changing structures and roles in economic development
von Braun, Joachim; Mirzabaev, Alisher - 2015
Small farms are the largest employment and small business group among the poor. Their businesses use mostly labor and local resources and face local constraints, but at the same time, they are affected by increasingly complex national and global economic changes, which lead to shifts in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404299
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State capability and prospects for close co-ordination: Considerations for industrial policy in Africa
Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2015
Recent research highlights the considerable potential of industrial policy to support structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions of recent work on state fragility. It argues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418595
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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Thorbecke, Erik - 2014
The distinct features of inclusive growth within the context of sub-Saharan Africa are identified. The anatomy of growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears to have been relatively inclusive. The recent structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343192
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Structural transformation, openness, and productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Karimu, Suale - 2019
This paper examines the connections of structural change and economic openness to labour productivity growth using a panel data set of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1991-2015. A dynamic panel model of cross-country productivity growth is estimated using the least squares with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423975
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Food for all: International organizations and the transformation of agriculture
Lele, Uma J.; Agarwal, Manmohan; Baldwin, Brian C.; … - 2021
This book is a historical review of international food and agriculture since the founding of the international organizations following the Second World War, including the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279355
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Structural transformation and its relevance for economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Busse, Matthias; Erdogan, Ceren; Mühlen, Henning - 2017
In this paper, we analyse the role of structural transformation in view of the remarkable growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since the mid-1990s. Our analysis covers 41 African countries over the period 1980 to 2014 and accounts for structural transformation by employing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729360
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The product space: What does it say about the opportunities for growth and structural transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa?
Abdon, Arnelyn; Felipe, Jesus - 2011
In this paper we look at the economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the context of structural transformation. We use Hidalgo et al.'s (2007) concept of product space to show the evolution of the region's productive structure, and discuss the opportunities for growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281709
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Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China
Li, Yanan; Xing, Chunbing - 2020
major reforms to the land system, the Hukou system, the ownership of state-owned enterprises, and trade policies. Despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424020