To run CPS-engineering projects successfully CPS engineers of today need to possess both technical and social skills. The CPS engineers are increasingly required to have various technical skills because the products they design and construct are getting more complex having hardware, software and...

This paper investigates the reasons why inequality, and distribution more generally, have come to the fore in the development discourse at the turn of the century, after a period of relative neglect in the 1980s. The paper considers, in particular the analysis of (a) efficiency and equity, (b)...

This article is a survey of literature that provides general suggestions and recommendations as to how the top ten wealthiest African American owned businesses (six of the ten companies operating in two industries) can partner with African countries suitable to their expertise for mutual...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo presenta una aproximación teórica a la relación causal entre el precio de los recursos naturales y las trampas de pobreza para el caso de un país productor de minerales. Partiendo de un modelo de generaciones traslapadas donde las decisiones de ahorro,...

Investment growth in emerging market and developing economies has slowed sharply since 2010. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the causes and implications of this slowdown and presents a menu of policy responses to improve investment growth. It reports four main results. First, the...

One of the most puzzling evidences of Brazil's economic performance is that, despite the country's ability to grow at high rates, its long-term growth has been disappointing. Behind this deficient long-term outcome, Brazil shows a high growth volatility. It has experienced substantial growth...

Measures of institutional quality are strong predictors of cross-country differences in income and productivity. The institutional economics literature has long maintained that one way institutions influence economic growth is by impacting the efficient allocation of production factors across...

The rise of China is no doubt the most important event in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. The institutional theory of development based on a dichotomy of extractive vs. inclusive political institutions cannot explain China's rise. This article argues that only a radical...

We describe the patterns of economic growth and social progress in Colombian "functional territories". Unlike political/administrative divisions that emerge at least partly for historical reasons unrelated to economic interactions, functional territories reflect the patterns of spatial...

This article aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on post-capitalist economy by exploring the contours of a sustainability-oriented model of economic governance. To this end, the article analyzes the issues of sustainable development in the three main strands of international economic law...