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The Effects of Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence

Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1999

issue: the complex relationship of development and migration. Since the beginning of the 1990s several arguments have been … discussed which hint at the possibility that progress in development of less developed regions might lead to more migration …

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Accumulation and Productivity Growth in Industrializing Economies

Robertson, Peter E.; Landon-Lane, John S. - 2003

Historically, episodes of rapid growth are accompanied by significant structural change. In this paper we therefore aim to quantify the extent to which factor accumulation induces structural change and productivity growth in industrializing economies. To fix ideas we present an extension of...

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Two views on institutions and development: the grand transition vs the primacy of institutions

Paldam, Martin; Gundlach, Erich - 2007

The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many … institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of … Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic development is a consequence of an exogenous selection of institutions. Our survey of …

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ICT use in the developing world: an analysis of differences in computer and internet penetration

Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006

, telephone density, legal quality and banking sector development are associated with technology penetration rates. Overall, the … reversion for computer use, particularly in developed economies. Financial development, either measured as bank lending or the …

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Brain drain in globalization: a general equilibrium analysis from the sending countries' perspective

Marchiori, Luca; Shen, I-ling; Docquier, Frédéric - 2009

The paper assesses the global effects of brain drain on developing economies and quantifies the relative sizes of various static and dynamic impacts. By constructing a unified generic framework characterized by overlapping-generations dynamics and calibrated to real data, this study incorporates...

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Entrepreneurship in developing countries

Ács, Zoltán J.; Virgill, Nicola - 2009

This paper reviews the literature on economic development from import substitution to export promotion. It then … examines the literature on entrepreneurship and economic development creating a framework for promoting development through …

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Structuring international financial support for climate change mitigation in developing countries

Neuhoff, Karsten; Fankhauser, Sam; Guerin, Emmanuel; … - 2010

In the Copenhagen Accord of December 2009, developed countries agreed to provide start-up finance for adaptation in developing countries and expressed the ambition to scale this up to $100 billion per year by 2020. The financial mechanisms to deliver this support have to be tailored to country...

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