The health of the Russian economy still depends heavily on natural resource revenues. The history of the economic collapse and recovery in 1970–2004 provides new evidence on the sources of Russian economic growth, while a survey of the economic literature suggests that the Russian economy...

This paper examines the external sustainability and competitiveness of Benin’s economy. Balance of payments flows suggest Benin’s external position is sustainable. Large trade and current account deficits are comfortably financed by inflows through the capital and financial accounts, in...

This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...

This book argues that ideas in the social realm are the context-bound products of distinct histories and cultures and thus cannot be co-opted across place and time. When ideas are used out of context, they become mere empty words that are depicted as absolute ideals, independent of the specific...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Regional human capital inequality in Europe -- Chapter 3. Spatial clustering of numeracy and literacy -- Chapter 4. Human capital and market access in the European regions -- Chapter 5. The long-run impact of human capital on innovation and economic growth...

An in-depth understanding of the relationship between innovation factor allocation, the institutional environment, and high-quality economic development can help us better comprehend how better productivity promotes high-quality, regionally coordinate, and balanced economic development. Using...

This paper investigate the dynamic relationship between foreign capital inflows on economic growth of Mediterranean countries over the period 1980-2018 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and official development aid (ODA) were used as a main source of capital inflow in this study. A standard growth...

This paper investigates the long-run relationship between financial depth, FDI, and economic growth in a sample of 5 FDI-receiving NACs over the period 1980-2018. Standard growth models are estimated using both fixed-effects and random-effects models. In addition panel unit root and panel,...

This study investigates the effect of financial development on economic performance in Sudan over the period (1970- 2007) by using the Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to co-integration. The main empirical findings indicate a weak relationship between financial development and...