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The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

Morris, Ian - Princeton University Press

assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares … Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions about when and why … the West came to dominate the world and fresh perspectives for thinking about the twenty-first century. Adapting the …

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Introduction: Quantifying Social Development

Morris, Ian - Princeton University Press

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Capital importation and human development : the moderating role of corruption and political stability

Owolabi, Babatunde Ayodeji; Owolabi, Oluwasikemi Janet; … - In: African journal of business and economic research : AJBER 18 (2023) 4, pp. 119-142

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The capability threshold : re-examining the definition of the middle class in an unequal developing country

Burger, Ronelle; McAravey, Camren; Berg, Servaas van der - 2015

In a polarised and highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income threshold will adequately capture the political and social meanings of being middle class. We therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted...

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Africapitalism : a management idea for business in Africa?

Amaeshi, Kenneth; Idemudia, Uwafiokun - In: Africa journal of management 1 (2015) 1/4, pp. 210-223

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Business incubation initiatives' impacts on entrepreneurs and SMEs

Dlamini, Thobile Makhosazana; Ogunlela, Oyebanjo Oyebanjo; … - In: International journal of e-entrepreneurship and … 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-21

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The (Indispensable) Middle Class in Developing Countries; or, The Rich and the Rest, Not the Poor and the Rest

Birdsall, Nancy - 2010

defined in the development economics literature. Since the early 1990s, the focus has been primarily on pro-poor growth, with …

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Entrepreneurship and economic development : theory, evidence and policy

Naudé, Wim - 2013

This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and … entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between …

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Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy : Volume 2: Emerging Trends in Ports

Lee, Paul T.-W. (ed.); Cullinane, Kevin (ed.) - 2016

port sectors. Volume 2 of Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy focuses on the emerging trends in … port sectors. Volume 2 of Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy focuses on the emerging trends in …

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The Economic Lives of the Poor

Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper uses survey data from 13 countries to document the economic lives of the poor (those living on less than $2 dollar per day per capita at purchasing power parity) or the extremely poor (those living on less than $1 dollar per day). We describe their patterns of consumption and income...

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