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The tiger leading the dragon : how Taiwan propelled China's economic rise
Rigger, Shelley - 2021
Preface: The umbrella king -- How "Mao's China" became the "factory to the world" -- Taiwan's "economic miracle …" -- "Second spring" : Taiwan's traditional manufacturers discover mainland China -- From SME to ODM : Taiwan's integration into … boat to go to sea" : Taiwanese business practices in China -- Affordable luxury : changing the way China eats (and more …
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Global income distribution and poverty : implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios
Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010
population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …. While high economic growth rates in China and India may lift millions out of poverty, high population growth and stagnation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736186
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Foreign aid and subnational development : a grid cell analysis
Bitzer, Jürgen; Gören, Erkan - 2018 - This Version: March 2018
We examine the impact of geo-referenced World Bank development programs on subnational development using equally sized grid cells with a spatial resolution of 0.5 decimal degrees latitude x longitude as the unit of investigation. The proposed grid cell approach solves a number of endogeneity...
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Aid, growth and devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887528
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Victory in War and Defeat in Peace : Politics and Economics of Post-Conflict Sri Lanka
Athukorala, Prema-chandra - 2015
This paper examines causes and implications of Sri Lanka's political regime shift in February 2015, which has been widely hailed a victory for democracy, against the backdrop of the country's political and economic development in the post-independence era. The regime shift vividly demonstrates...
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Aid, Growth and Devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2021
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316311
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Data, global development, and COVID-19 : lessons and consequences
Naudé, Wim; Vinuesa, Ricardo - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic holds at least seven lessons for the relationship between data-driven decision making, the use of artificial intelligence, and development. These are that (1) in a global crisis, the shifting value of data creates policy pitfalls; (2) predictions of crises and how they play...
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The impact of China on sub-Saharan Africa
Kaplinsky, Raphael; McCormick, Dorothy; Morris, Michael L. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003593983
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Supply-side perspectives from China : structural industrial change and industry incentives for participating in the Belt and Road Initiative
Song, Jin - In: The China-led Belt and Road Initiative and its …, (pp. 70-89). 2023
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