This paper benchmarks the performance of OECD rural regions with other types of OECD regions over the period 1995-2010. OECD regions are classified into three types according to the OECD regional typology and into four types according to the extended OECD typology. The latter classifies rural...

This paper first presents a comprehensive analysis of the significance of different transmission channels of the global economic and financial crisis to Sub-Saharan African countries. It then examines the repercussions of the crisis for the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) and its...

It is certain that any country is judged by its level of economic development. The break-up of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) created a global shock for member countries, which faced difficulties in changing their internal economic structure. With the achievement of Independence...