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RandD, innovation, and Economic Growth; An Empirical Analysis
Ulku, Hulya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper investigates the main postulations of the R&D based growth models that innovation is created in the R&D sectors and it enables sustainable economic growth, provided that there are constant returns to innovation in terms of R&D. The analysis employs various panel data techniques and...
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Heterogeneous technology and panel data: The case of the agricultural production function
Mundlak, Yair; Butzer, Rita; Larson, Donald F. - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 1, pp. 139-149
of agricultural production functions using a panel of countries. The data includes a measure of capital in agriculture …
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Male organ and economic growth: does size matter?
Westling, Tatu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper explores the link between economic development and penile length between 1960 and 1985. It estimates an … around 13.5 centimetres, and a collapse in economic development is identified as the size of male organ exceeds 16 … population growth on economic development slightly. Although all evidence is suggestive at this stage, the `male organ hypothesis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203643
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The poverty problem and the industrialization solution
Alvarez, Sharon; Barney, Jay; Newman, Arielle - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management 32 (2015) 1, pp. 23-37
<Para ID="Par5">Despite decades of effort, abject poverty remains a serious problem in many countries around the world. The effects of five approaches to poverty alleviation—foreign aid, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, base of the pyramid initiatives, and the establishment of property rights among the...</para>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011241765
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The Growth Comeback in Developing Economies; A New Hope or Back to the Future?
Bluedorn, John C; Duttagupta, Rupa; Guajardo, Jaime; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Growth takeoffs in developing economies have rebounded in the past two decades. Although recent takeoffs have lasted longer than takeoffs before the 1990s, a key question is whether they could unravel like some did in the past. This paper finds that recent takeoffs are associated with stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242243
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Accelerating And Sustaining Growth; Economic and Political Lessons
Virmani, Arvind - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
The paper reviews and draws lessons from the experience of fast growing economies including a sub-set of these termed High Growth Economies (HGEs) with a decadal rate of over 7 per cent. It then reviews the history of the Indian growth acceleration following the reforms of the 1990s and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242331
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
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Grenada; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Preparation Status Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) of Grenada outline the issues raised in the Joint Staff Assessment. In the area of poverty diagnostics, a more detailed discussion of poverty based on updated poverty data is provided. The PRSP will describe the links between poverty, growth, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244707
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Role of institution, government to robust international entrepreneurial activities and economic growth: New Evidence
SALMAN, DOAA M. - Instytut Badañ Gospodarczych (IBG) - 2015
This paper contributes to the development of the field of international entrepreneurial activities by providing answers … to the following questions. Is higher human development generates opportunities to entrepreneurial activities that yields … economic growth? What is the effect of the level on economic development on the relationship between entrepreneurial activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207099
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Echanching Productivity: Towards an Updated Action Agenda
Procter, Roger - Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, … - 2011
This paper presents an explanation of how the dynamic but uncertain process of economic development and growth occurs …. It shows that economic development leads to structural change, an enhancement of capabilities and path dependence in the … enhancement of facilitative policies will be required to improve New Zealand’s economic performance. However, the development of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008860737