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Revisiting India's growth transitions
Basu, Deepankar - 2020
This paper reconsiders two questions relating to India's economic growth: structural breaks in growth and the impact of … post-independence India has witnessed four structural breaks: in 1964-65, in 1978-79, in 1990-91, and in 2004-05. However …
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What can be learned about the economies of China and India from purchasing power comparisons?
Heston, Alan W. - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
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Trade openness relationship with macroeconomic factors on Saudi Arabian economy : ARDL application
Tarchoun, Monaem; Ghraieb, Ikram - In: International trade, politics and development 6 (2022) 3, pp. 121-129
Purpose This paper examines the relationship of financial market inclusion, economic growth, foreign direct investment and real output on trade openness for the Saudi Arabia Economy. Trade openness potentially is a major source of economic growth and development. Design/methodology/approach This...
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Financial Liberalization, Development and Industrial Growth : Evidence from India
Manjappa, D.H. - 2014
Development economists have long recognized the role of the financial system in the process of economic development. Financial institutions and markets anticipate future growth opportunities, were financial development tends to accelerate growth through new firm formation, increasing access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054771
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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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Loss-of-Learning and the Post-COVID Recovery in Low-Income Countries
Buffie, Edward F.; Adam, Christopher; Zanna, Luis-Felipe; … - 2022
We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013295135
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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Heston, Alan - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807635
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Institutional quality and macrofinancial resilience in Asia
Beirne, John; Panthi, Pradeep - 2022
This paper examines the effect of institutions on macrofinancial resilience in Asia. Focusing on a panel of 12 Asian economies from 1996Q1 to 2020Q4, we find that institutions for economies with high levels of institutional quality support the resilience of real GDP per capita and net FDI...
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Tourism and development : a recent phenomenon built on old (institutional) roots?
Brau, Rinaldo; Di Liberto, Adriana; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2010
Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)? Recent empirical evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to be associated with higher per capita GDP growth rates...
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Do remittances promote economic growth and reduce poverty? : evidence from Latin American countries
Ekanayake, E. M.; Moslares, Carlos - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 2/35, pp. 1-26
In this study, we explore the hypotheses that (a) workers' remittances enhance economic growth in Latin American countries, and (b) workers' remittances help reduce poverty in Latin American countries. In recent decades, workers' remittances have become an important source of income for many...
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