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indicated the impact of FDI on growth to be negative which is consistent with other past studies. Trade however was found to …
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large current account deficit or rise in inflation or interest rates, a rising inflow of external capital, accompanied by … the RBI's sterilizing these inflows and accumulating large reserves, even in the face of low inflation. We offer a …
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In this letter I summarise the main results and contributions from my Ph.D. thesis on concentration of resources and economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in modern economic development, namely increasing...
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The foreign aid landscape has undergone a paradigm shift in the last few decades, with changes in the behaviour of 'traditional' donors and a new focus on selectivity in aid disbursement, as well as 'new' donors and South-South co-operation playing an increasingly important role. Amidst these...
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The bioeconomy-specific paradigm has changed the perception of economic growth in the sense that the growth limits do not matter, but new growth opportunities. These are focused on: knowledge, investment in research, innovation and technological performance, which give meaning to the concept of...
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This study investigates the impact of institutional quality on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows using panel data … Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The empirical results confirm that institutional quality has a positive impact on FDI in all … stability, regulatory quality, rule of law, and voice and accountability for FDI inflows are greater in developed countries than …
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Foreign aid’s effectiveness in promoting economic growth remains mired in controversy.We examine the impact of the volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that...
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The article provides a broad-based overview on competing development strategies and the economic performance of developing countries, mainly since the year 2000. Four traditional mainstream development strategies are discussed (Washington Consensus, neo-liberalism, "good governance" and MDGs)...
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We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...
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