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The role of the concept of sustainable development and its indicators in a study on the progress of the new UN goals

Szyja, Paulina - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 18 (2018) 1, pp. 387-409

, economic and environmental situation. The Sustainable Development Goals are not the first priorities announced for the world …. In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were adopted. They dealt with important issues of the day, encouraging the … concept of sustainable development. Secondly, it uses the indicators as the main instruments to assess the progress in …

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A Fresh Chance for Africa's Youth: Labour Market Effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Lungu, Ioana - 2019

The African Continental Free Trade Area marks a historic decision on the road to regional economic integration on the continent. If implemented, the agreement has the potential to make a significant impact on improving the livelihoods of the African people, by increasing intra-African trade and...

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In the Globalization Era, Which Are the Determinants of Growth?

Gentimir, Irina-Elena - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 1, pp. 60-79

This paper aims to present the factors that determine the economic growth nowadays, in the globalization era. From geography and climate to innovation and training, these factors diversified depending on the evolution of the economy and economic thought. Because of enhanced mobility as a result...

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Top Lights - Bright Cities and their Contribution to Economic Development

Bluhm, Richard; Krause, Melanie - 2018

The commonly-used satellite images of nighttime lights fail to capture the true brightness of most cities. We show that night lights are a reliable proxy for economic activity at the city level, provided they are first corrected for top-coding. We present a stylized model of urban luminosity and...

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Genetic diversity and economic development: Assessing the key findings in Ashraf and Galor (2013)

Caraher, Raymond; Ash, Michael - 2018

diversity and economic development depend substantially on coding errors and sample selection. We correct the coding errors and … hypothesis that variation in genetic diversity among subpopulations has a systematic relationship with economic development. …

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Taxation, foreign aid and political governance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

policy options, the dataset is disaggregated into fundamental characteristics of African development based on income levels … characteristics of development. Policy implications, caveats and directions for future research are discussed. …

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Trajectories of knowledge economy in SSA and MENA countries

Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2019

, education, and information infrastructure. The main finding suggests that sub- Saharan African ( SSA ) and the Middle East and …

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Challenges of doing business in Africa: A systematic review

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

by answering two critical questions: what are the linkages between the ease of doing business and economic development … ease of doing business and economic development is discussed in six main strands, namely: wealth creation and sharing …; opportunities of employment; balanced regional and economic development; Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP per capita; standards …

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Climatic Roots of Loss Aversion

Galor, Oded; Savitskiy, Viacheslav - 2018

This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...

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China's growth miracle in the context of Asian transformation

Lin, Justin Yifu - 2018

continue its dynamic growth in the coming decades? What lessons can we draw from China's development experiences in view of …

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