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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

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Boosting productivity and living standards in Thailand

Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Rahuman, Mohamed … - 2018

The Prosperity pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for an integrated approach based on boosting productivity through diversification, upgrading technology and innovation, and increasing employment and entrepreneurship. Thailand needs to address all these challenges to...

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Making the most of natural resources in Indonesia

Dutu, Richard - 2015

Indonesia abounds with natural resources. But the unique nature of its geography, coupled with the lack of transport … estates and easing constraints on foreign investment, Indonesia could raise its farmers’ productivity. Fossil fuels have … become central to Indonesia’s energy policy and its main source of export revenues. Growing environmental concerns, both …

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Decentralisation to promote Regional Development in Indonesia

Vujanovic, Petar Declan - 2017

In 1998 Indonesia embarked on an ambitious course of decentralisation. Over a period of a few years, facilitated by … of Indonesia (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-indonesia.htm). …

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Policies for inclusive and sustainable growth in Indonesia

Vujanovic, Petar - 2015

Indonesia has a very good record of poverty reduction, having halved its incidence over the past two decades … infrastructure and a stable macroeconomic environment, Indonesia will have decades of strong growth ahead by virtue of economic … inequality. Moreover, it will set Indonesia up for the next phase of innovation-driven growth that will propel it into the ranks …

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Improving Educational Outcomes in Slovenia

Eris, Mehmet - 2011

Overall, the education system fares well by international comparison. Slovenia has one of the highest shares of the population aged 25 to 64 to have completed at least upper secondary education, and ranks high in international educational achievement tests. Nevertheless, in some areas, reforms...

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A new macroeconomic measure of human capital with strong empirical links to productivity

Botev, Jarmila; Égert, Balázs; Smidova, Zuzana; … - 2019

This paper calculates new measures of human capital. Contrary to the existing literature, they are based on realistic rates of return to education, which are allowed to vary substantially across countries and to some extent over time. The new measures perform well in regression analysis...

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Educational outcomes : a literature review of policy drivers from a macroeconomic perspective

Smidova, Zuzana - 2019

This paper reviews recent empirical literature on policy drivers of two educational outcomes - years of schooling and rates of return - that form the OECD’s aggregate measure of human capital. The paper sets the literature findings into the context of current educational polices in place in...

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Reducing skills imbalances to foster productivity growth of Malaysia

Espinoza, Ricardo; Vandeweyer, Marieke - 2019

To enjoy the same success in the future as in the past, Malaysia will need to ensure that more people develop the right skills and use them effectively in the workplace. Special attention needs to be devoted to supporting disadvantaged students and adults in developing critical skills and...

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Keadaan pekerja karyawan di Indonesia

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