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The Global Economic Crisis after One Year: Is a New Paradigm for Recovery in Developing Countries Emerging?
Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
One year into the global economic crisis, it has become clear that the paradigm for international development has changed irrevocably. With leadership, moral authority and the capacity of the West in international development diminishing, developing countries. recovery and future growth will...
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Policy Responses to the Economic Crisis in Africa
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi; Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
Africa is the developing region most at risk from the global economic crisis. Its recent strong growth has been interrupted. Already home to the largest number of low-income countries in the world, the region is now likely to experience higher unemployment and poverty; increases in infant...
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The Financial Crisis of 2008 and the Developing Countries
Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
Following the financial crisis that broke in the US and other Western economies in late 2008, there is now serious concern about its impact on the$
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995234
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Post Disaster Waste Management Strategies In Developing Countries: Case Of Sri Lanka
Gayani, Karunasena; Dilanthi, Amaratunga; Richard, Haigh; … - In: International Journal of Strategic Property Management 13 (2009) 2, pp. 171-190
as a critical issue in responding to a disaster. Thus, this paper addresses post disaster waste management strategies … according to type of disaster, magnitude, location, country etc. Further, poor implementation of prevailing rules and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010534719
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Post Disaster Waste Management Strategies In Developing Countries: Case Of Sri Lanka
Gayani, Karunasena; Dilanthi, Amaratunga; Richard, Haigh; … - In: International Journal of Strategic Property Management 13 (2009) 2, pp. 171-190
as a critical issue in responding to a disaster. Thus, this paper addresses post disaster waste management strategies … according to type of disaster, magnitude, location, country etc. Further, poor implementation of prevailing rules and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641350
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Dealing with Increased Risk of Natural Disasters; Challenges and Options
Keen, Michael; Freeman, Paul K.; Mani, Muthukumara - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction …. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to … dealing with disaster risk. Key sources of market failure include the difficulty of risk spreading and, perhaps even more …
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Macroeconomic Implications of Natural Disasters in the Caribbean
Rasmussen, Tobias N. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
vulnerable, with the countries of the Eastern Caribbean standing out as among the most disaster-prone in the world. Natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605190
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Wachstumseffekte von Direktinvestitionen in Entwicklungsländern : warum hohe Erwartungen häufig enttäuscht werden.
Nunnenkamp, Peter - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2004
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Debt versus equity finance in developing countries : An empirical analysis of the agent-principal model of internat. capital transfers.
Corsepius, Uwe; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Schweickert, Rainer - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1989
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Credit Frictions and "Sudden Stop" in Small Open Economies: An Equilibrium Business Cycle Framework for Emerging Markets Crises
Arellano, Cristina; Mendoza, Enrique G. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
Financial frictions are a central element of most of the models that the literature on emerging markets crises has proposed for explaining the Sudden Stop phenomenon. To date, few studies have aimed to examine the quantitative implications of these models and to integrate them with an...
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