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This paper proposes a new quality of growth index (QGI) for developing countries. The index encompasses both the … intrinsic nature and social dimensions of growth, and is computed for over 90 countries for the period 1990-2011. The approach … is premised on the fact that not all growth is created equal in terms of social outcomes, and that it does matter how one …
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economic growth in the Information Age. The paper examines this concern through three complementary approaches. First, it … developing countries to reap greater growth gains from technology acquisition and catch-up. Second, the paper uses descriptive … evidence to show that the growth landscape has indeed shifted decisively in favor of developing countries in the Internet Age …
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While openness to trade is a well-recognized hallmark of the Asian growth model, another component of the model is a …
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This paper studies the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on national economic growth with the help of GMM … panel regressions. Effects on productivity growth, capital and labor inputs as well as innovation activities are …
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The central objective of our paper is to empirically examine the relationship between financial development and income inequality. Theoretically, there are grounds for both a positive and negative relationship between the two variables. Our main finding is that financial development contributes...
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at different stages of development when entering in a new catching-up cycle. Thus, the technological drivers of growth …] can play different roles to accelerate the rate of growth and change their relative position in the leadership rank (win …
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suitably educated people to be able to take advantage of technological innovations in the rich world. Technologically advanced …
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global economy, the debate on income disparities around the world has intensified. For the African, Caribbean and Pacific … for adjusted social and environmental sustainability measures of growth in these economies. Using Global Income …
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Development economics emerged as a new theoretical approach that focuses on the re-construction of developing countries as the study focus on improving fiscal, economic and social conditioning. Development economics also do an analysis of developing countries from critical assessment, which...
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This paper investigates how innovation potential of a country contributes to avoid or escape the middle income trap. We measure innovation potentials of 77 countries from 1975 to 2010 from patent data. Then, we test whether indigenous innovative efforts or foreign ones help avoid and escape...
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