Economic growth driven by a broad spectrum of factors is essential to long-term, sustainable development. From this … perspective the paper approaches the economic growth of rural areas in Romania in light of the Europe 2020 Strategy, in order to …

A growing empirical literature links natural resource abundance and "pointiness" to impeded economic growth and civil …

between conflict intensity and resource rents is non-monotonous, and that the economy's income growth rate may be negatively …

In theory, the IMF could influence economic growth via several channels, among them advice to policy makers, money … data for 98 countries over the period 1970-2000 it analyzes whether IMF involvement influences economic growth in program … countries. Consistent with the results of previous studies, it is shown that IMF programs reduce growth rates when their …

This paper challenges the widespread belief that FDI generally has a positive impact on economic growth in developing … countries. It addresses the limitations of the existing literature and re-examines the FDI-led growth hypothesis for 28 … countries FDI has no statistically significant long-run impact on growth. In very few cases, FDI indeed contributes to economic …

This paper investigates the impact of aid on growth. A clear departure from the vast majority of the existing … test the three main competing specifications in the aid and growth literature for a sample of aid recipient countries over … the 1974-2001 period. Our results clearly show that the different categories of aid exert different effects on growth …