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Algunos Comentarios Sobre La Exclusión Económica Global : Un Análisis Al Azar De La Pobreza En Algunos Países Subdesarrollados (Some Comments On The Global Economic Exclusion: A Ra...

Bravo, Jaime - 2013

A lo largo de los últimos años, parece que la situación de pobreza (el Banco Mundial la cifra en vivir con menos de $1,25) ha ido reduciéndose. De hecho, la mayoría de las estadísticas amparan esta información. Es algo que, a primera vista, parece que sucede. Pero, ¿es realmente así? El...

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Resource Windfalls, Political Regimes, and Political Stability

Caselli, Francesco - 2013

We study theoretically and empirically whether natural resource windfalls affect political regimes. We document the following regularities. Natural resource windfalls have no effect on the political system when they occur in democracies. However, windfalls have significant political consequences...

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Global Financial/Happiness Crisis and End of Capitalism

Aydin, Necati - 2010

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Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy

Tausch, Arno - 2009

development model, based on high MNC penetration …

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Life Expectancy and Economic Growth : The Role of the Demographic Transition

Cervellati, Matteo - 2009

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of life expectancy on economic growth by explicitly accounting for the role of the demographic transition. In addition to focusing on issues of empirical identification, this paper emphasizes the role of the econometric specification. We present a...

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Human Development in Crisis : Insights from the Literature, Emerging Accounts from the Field, and the Correlates of Growth Accelerations and Decelerations

Conceicao, Pedro - 2010

human development in the developing world‘ How might the crisis affect progress towards achieving the Millennium Development … episodes of growth accelerations and decelerations with country level aggregate indicators of human development (e.g. life … erode human development gains and that the achievement of the MDGs by 2015 is likely to be undermined …

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IV Estimation of a Panel Threshold Model of Tourism Specialization and Economic Development

Chang, Chia-Lin - 2010

economic development in 159 countries over the period 1989-2008. The results from panel threshold regressions show a positive …

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Do Interventions Targeted at Micro-Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Jobs? A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Low and Middle Income Countries

Grimm, Michael - 2014

Worldwide 600 million jobs are needed over the next 15 years to keep employment rates at their current level. Governments, non-governmental organizations and donors spend on targeted programs and broader policies to enhance employment creation and the creation of new firms. Because most...

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IMF-Supported Programs in Low Income Countries : Economic Impact Over the Short and Longer Term

Mumssen, Christian - 2014

This paper studies the short and longer-term impact of IMF engagement in Low-Income Countries (LICs) over nearly three decades. In contrast to earlier studies, we focus on a sample composed exclusively of LICs and disentangle the different effects of IMF longer-term engagement and short-term...

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Democracy Does Cause Growth

Acemoglu, Daron - 2014

We provide evidence that democracy has a significant and robust positive effect on GDP. Our empirical strategy relies on a dichotomous measure of democracy coded from several sources to reduce measurement error and controls for country fixed effects and the rich dynamics of GDP, which otherwise...

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