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Frant, Florin; Minica, Mirela - In: Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica 2 (2008) 10, pp. 23-23

This study (National Strategy) is built on the premise that accelerateddevelopment in the medium and long run in its three essential components (economic, socialand environmental) is not just one of the possible options, but an essential precondition forgradually closing the gap which still...

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Vertical and Horizontal Decentralization and Ethnic Diversity

Ranis, Gustav - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2012

Vertical decentralization, either at the deconcentration, delegation or, more rarely, the devolution level, has been instituted in most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. It usually has the effect of increasing the quantity as well as the quality, in terms of health and education, of public goods....

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Colonisation and Development in the Former French West Africa: The Long-term Impact of the Colonial Public Policy

Huillery, Elise - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006

Africa? This paper uses the differences in development outcomes across the areas of the former French West Africa to show the … existence of colonial long term effects on development paths. To correct from potential biases, I take carefully into account … determinant of current development of the districts of the former French West Africa. First, the African chiefs’ association to …

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One Model fits all? Determinants of Transport Costs across Sectors and Country Groups

Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah - Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the … - 2011

We show with the aid of pooled OLS estimations that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to signicantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly conrmed for industrial countries and is of primary importance for production and transportation of...

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One model fits all? Determinants of transport costs across sectors and country groups

Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2011

We show with the aid of pooled OLS estimations that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to signi cantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly con rmed for industrial countries and is of primary importance for production and transportation of...

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Determinants of transport costs: Are they uniform across countries?

Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

The author shows with pooled OLS estimations based on transport margins from international social accounting data that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to significantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly confirmed for industrial...

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Camino nacional Honda - Santafé de Bogotá Transporte, economía y desarrollo

Gómez, Carlos Delgado - In: REVISTA APUNTES DEL CENES (2004)

Comparando y juntando descripciones del Camino Nacional de Honda tantode los siglos XVIII y XVIX por parte de viajeros extranjeros como de finalesdel siglo XX, el autor intenta demostrar el desarrollo social y económico,asociado al transporte utilizado. De esta manera el cambio de gobiernoluego...

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Spatial Takeoff in the First Industrial Revolution

Trew, Alex - School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews - 2014

Using the framework of Desmet and Rossi-Hansberg (forthcoming), we present a model of spatial takeoff that is calibrated using spatially-disaggregated occupational data for England in c.1710. The model predicts changes in the spatial distribution of agricultural and manufacturing employment...

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Spatial Takeoff in the First Industrial Revolution

Trew, Alex - Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis, University … - 2014

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Spatial Takeoff in the First Industrial Revolution

Trew, Alex - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 17 (2014) 4, pp. 707-725

Using the framework of Desmet and Rossi-Hansberg (2009), we present a model of spatial takeoff that is calibrated using spatially-disaggregated occupational data for England in c.1710. The model predicts changes in the spatial distribution of agricultural and manufacturing employment which match...

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