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African development : beyond income convergence
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in 38 African countries, disaggregated into 10 … is that the income component of the human development index moves slower than others in the convergence process and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410273
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Reflections
Ranis, Gustav - 1997
This paper examines the causes of Taiwan's exceptional economic performance, focusing on the influence of organizational and policy choices and how Taiwan's example differs from those of more typical less-developed countries. After briefly citing cultural factors as proposed by his late...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369148
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Reflections
Ranis, Gustav - 1997
This paper examines the causes of Taiwan's exceptional economic performance, focusing on the influence of organizational and policy choices and how Taiwan's example differs from those of more typical less-developed countries. After briefly citing cultural factors as proposed by his late...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608763
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New technologies and enterprise development in Africa
Tiffin, Scott - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014271332
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Foreign aid: A fillip for development or a fuel for corruption?
Blackburn, Keith; Forgues-Puccio, Gonzalo F. - 2011
We present an analysis of the effects of foreign aid on economic development when the quality of governance may be compromised by corruption. The analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model in which growth is driven by capital accumulation and public policy is administered by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326933
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Macroeconomic constraints on economic development and poverty reduction: the case of Bolivia
Schweickert, Rainer - 2001
Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former periods and the performance of other developing countries (grouped according to income, region, and debt status). This allows to assess what has been achieved in Bolivia since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332954
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The marginal product of capital: a persistent international puzzle
Chirinko, Robert S.; Mallick, Debdulal - 2008
Large and sustained differences in marginal products of capital (MPKs) across countries are sharply at odds with the core implications of the neoclassical framework. Lucas (1990) and many subsequent studies have examined reasons for this MPK differential. In a recent contribution, Caselli and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264438
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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 transition. Chronologically both events happen so closely to each other that historians and economists alike suspect that they are interrelated. This paper develops a theory for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264936
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Financial development and inequality: Brazil 1985-1994
Bittencourt, Manoel - 2007
We examine the impact of financial development on earnings inequality in Brazil in the 1980s and first half of the 1990s. The evidence- based on panel-time series data and analysis-shows that financial development had a significant and robust effect in reducing inequality during the period. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265090