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Information, coordination, and the industrialization of countries
Englmaier, Florian; Reisinger, Markus - 2006
The industrialization process of a country is often plagued by a failure to coordinate investment decisions. Using the …
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The political economy of green growth: Illustrations from Southern Africa
Resnick, Danielle; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2012
The concept of green growth implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is similar to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319834
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Learning from experience: Special Economic Zones in Southern Africa
Seidman Makgetla, Neva - 2021
-cutting blockages to growth. In East Asia, this approach was able to build on a broader national industrialization trajectory. In … their promises of improved infrastructure and financial incentives, and do little to promote broader industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705322
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Co-managing common pool resources: Do formal rules have to be adapted to traditional ecological norms
Vollan, Björn; Prediger, Sebastian; Frölich, Markus - 2013
We examine the effectiveness of three democratically chosen rules that alleviate the coordination and cooperation problems inherent in collectively managed common-pool resources. In particular we investigate how rule effectiveness and rule compliance depends on the prevailing local norms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397156
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Tracking down the business cycle: a dynamic factor model for Germany 1820-1913
Sarferaz, Samad; Uebele, Martin - 2007
better use of existing time series data than historical national accounting. To investigate industrialization we propose to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263692
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Degrees of development: how geographic latitude sets the pace of industrialization and demographic change
Strulik, Holger - 2008
Successful economic development is usually characterized by two salient phenomena: industrialization and demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264936
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Catch me if you can: education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269478
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Catch me iIf you can : education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271786
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Beyond industrialization: New approaches to development strategy based on the service sector
Sheehan, Peter - 2008
Industrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place … income per capita can only occur through industrialization. This paper argues that it is becoming increasingly difficult for … most developing countries to achieve rapid growth through industrialization, and especially through export oriented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273465
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Local Governance and the Challenges of Economic Distress: The Case of Iligan City
Basilio, Leilanie Q.; Cabasan, Jeremiah - 2004
typically linked to industrialization enhance the attractiveness of a location and result to population increases. The inverse … seek better forts. Iligan City experienced rapid urbanization for almost five decades due to industrialization. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429786