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"Product Complexity and Economic Development"

Abdon, Arnelyn; Bacate, Marife; Felipe, Jesus; Kumar, Utsav - Levy Economics Institute - 2010

We rank 5,107 products and 124 countries according to the Hidalgo and Hausmann (2009) measures of complexity. We find that: (1) the most complex products are in machinery, chemicals, and metals, while the least complex products are raw materials and commodities, wood, textiles, and agricultural...

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Diversification in Africa in a macroeconomic perspective

Galy, Michel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995

This paper contrasts the poor performance of African economies over the past 30 years with the remarkable development … of the lagging development of African countries. Sound macroeconomic policies and structural reforms to foster capital …

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Productive Capacities in Asia and the Pacific

Freire, Clovis - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

The paper provides quantitative estimates of the productive capacities of the countries in the Asia- Pacific region and their evolution in the past 25 years. It updates the results for 2009 presented in the ESCAP’s Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2011 and details the...

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Economic growth consequences of structural stagnation: A two-sector model of productive diversification

Ortíz, Carlos - In: Lecturas de Economía (2013) 78, pp. 73-113

that specialization may enhance economic development if factor prices are internationally equalized. However, due to terms … according to its comparative advantages –structural stagnation– generates an inferior path of economic development (lower income …

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In which industries to invest? Aligning market and development incentives in Myanmar

Ayres, Steven; Freire, Clovis - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

This paper argues that, with the removal of international sanctions and the opening up of the economy, fostering economic activity and facilitating investment in new and more productive industries will best facilitate inclusive economic growth in Myanmar. With a perspective that emphasizes the...

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Strategies for Structural Transformation in Countries in South and South-West Asia

Freire, Clovis - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

This paper approaches inclusive development in South and South-West Asia through the framework of structural …

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Specialize or diversify? : and in what? : trade composition, quality of specialization and persistent growth

Dosi, Giovanni; Riccio, Federico; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2022

This paper, using a long-term, product-level cross-country dataset, analyzes the trade-growth nexus by introducing two novel indicators able to capture demand and supply attributes of countries' quality of specialization. The Keynesian efficiency index measures demand attractiveness of the...

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Education and the evolution of comparative advantage

Felipe, Jesus; Jin, Hongyuan; Mehta, Aashish - 2021

We provide the first evidence that low- and middle-income countries with high education levels were more successful in developing comparative advantage in products unrelated to those they already export. In contrast, controlling for the relatedness of target products to these countries' exports,...

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Diversification and Development

Koren, Miklós; Tenreyro, Silvana - 2005

This paper explores the relationship between output volatility and economic development. We develop a methodology to … develop, they move from riskier sectors to safer ones. In addition, sectoral concentration declines with development at early …. Existing theories linking volatility and development are not consistent with all of our findings. We propose new directions for …

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Technological Diversification

Koren, Miklós; Tenreyro, Silvana - 2021

incentives. Complexity (and hence output stability) is positively related with the development of the country, the comparative …

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