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On the (non-)sustainability of China's development strategies
Wagner, Helmut - 2017
This paper summarizes the main characteristics of the two major Chinese growth strategies since 1978, namely the Deng strategy (named after Deng Xiaoping) between 1978 and 2011 and the Xi strategy (named after Xi Jinping) since 2012/13. After a brief description of both strategies, I analyze in...
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China, India and industrial policy for inclusive growth
Kaur, Inderjit N.; Singh, Nirvikar - 2013 - rev.
, China and India. It begins with a clarification of the meaning of industrial policy, since not only does the term mean … past experience with variants of industrial policies. The similarities of the "China model" to past East Asian experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195684
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Consult your gods : the questionable economics of development assistance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). The effects of Total Net Official Development Assistance (NODA), NODA … growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human development. The magnitude of negativity (which is consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410035
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Reversed economics and inhumanity of development assistance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
(1996-2010) and a new indicator of human development(adjusted for inequality). Design/methodology/approach - The estimation … that development assistance is detrimental to GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human development … inequality adjusted human development index first published in 2010, corrects past works of the bunch of criticisms inherent in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410048
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On the effect of foreign aid on corruption
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
The Okada & Samreth(2012, EL) finding that aid deters corruption could have an important influence on policy and academic debates. This paper partially negates their criticism of the mainstream approach to the aid-development nexus. Using updated data(1996-2010) from 52 African countries we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410054
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Development thresholds of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - This paper examines whether initial levels in GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410235
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The political economy of development assistance : peril to government quality dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving government institutions in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption-control, political-stability, rule of law, regulation...
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Foreign aid and governance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
Purpose - This paper investigates the effect of foreign aid on governance in order to extend the debates on foreign aid and to verify common positions from Moyo's 'Dead Aid', Collier's 'Bottom Billion' and Eubank's 'Somaliland'. The empirical evidence is based on updated data from 52 African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409152
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A brief clarification to the questionable economics of foreign aid for inclusive human development
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
effect of a plethora of foreign aid dynamics on the inequality adjusted human development index. Contemporary and non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409176
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Foreign aid and corruption : clarifying murky empirical conclusions
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Beecroft, Ibukun; Asongu, … - 2014
This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing heterogeneity dimension of aid. The relationship was estimated using dynamic system GMM and quantile regressions (QR). Results show that both narratives in the debate are...
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