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From contractors to investors? Evolving engagement of Chinese state capital in global infrastructure development and the case of Lekki Port in Nigeria
Zhang, Hong - 2023
This paper introduces and critically analyzes an emerging form of global infrastructure development by China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013556507
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Taxation, infrastructure investment, growth, and poverty reduction: A case study of Zimbabwe
Lofgren, Hans; Cicowiez, Martín - 2022
In recent decades, Zimbabwe's development record has been disappointing. In the last few years, a severe drought and the Covid-19 pandemic have added to the country's development challenges. This paper is concerned with the long-run need to find a path toward faster growth in GDP, employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327931
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The economic effects of high speed rail investment
de Rus, Ginés - 2008
The allocation of traffic between different transport modes follows transport user decisions which depend on the generalized cost of travel in the available alternatives. High Speed Rail (HSR) investment is a government decision with significant effects on the generalized cost of rail transport;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291136
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Calling on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council: How to deliver for the planet and the economy
Guinea, Oscar; Sharma, Vanika; Lamprecht, Philipp; … - 2024
This Policy Brief proposes the establishment of an agreement on conformity assessment between the EU and the US that covers machinery and electrical equipment. The initiative aims to increase the number of European and US conformity assessment bodies authorized to test and certify EU and US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014560196
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Chancen der Währungsunion nutzen - koordinierte Politik für Beschäftigung und moderne Infrastruktur: Dokumentation des gemeinsamen Workshops von Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaft...
Truger, Achim (contributor); Welzmüller, Rudolf (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314994
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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2008
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268707
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Economic reforms and infrastructure spending: Evidence from China and India
Chakraborty, Pinaki; Zhang, Yan - 2009
This paper examines the country specific effect of policy reform on infrastructure spending in China and India. In … China we have examined how marketization and decentralization has affected the composition of provincial public expenditure … observed that in China with a lower marketization level in 1986-1992, fiscal decentralization had positive effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273413
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Human capital, economic growth, and regional inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng - 2007
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273849
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The financial and economic assessment of China's high speed rail investments: A preliminary analysis
Wu, Jianhong - 2013
China has suffered railway capacity constraints for more than several decades and the need for a large increase in rail … wide high speed railway (HSR) network was the most efficient solution to China's rail capacity problems. By 2012, 9000 km … economic result of such a large scale HSR investment in China where the establishment of an appraisal system for a HSR project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507047
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Public Goods Provision in the Early Modern Economy: Comparative Perspectives from Japan, China, and Europe
Tanimoto, Masayuki (contributor); Wong, Roy Bin (contributor) - 2019
comparing those cases with others from Europe and China's economic history. The contributors focus on three areas of inquiry …
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