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Does a leapfrogging growth strategy raise growth rate? : some international evidence

Wang, Zhi; Wei, Shang-jin; Wong, Anna - 2010

While openness to trade is a well-recognized hallmark of the Asian growth model, another component of the model is a … leapfrogging strategy - the use of policies to guide industrial structural transformation ahead of a country's factor endowment …. Does the leapfrogging strategy work? Opinions vary but the evidence is scarce in part because it is more difficult to …

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Does a Leapfrogging Growth Strategy Raise Growth Rate? Some International Evidence

Wei, Shang-Jin; Wang, Zhi; Wong, Anna - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2010

While openness to trade is a well-recognized hallmark of the Asian growth model, another component of the model is a … leapfrogging strategy—the use of policies to guide industrial structural transformation ahead of a country's factor endowment. Does … the leapfrogging strategy work? Opinions vary but the evidence is scarce in part because it is more difficult to measure …

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Territorial Cooperation and socio-economic development in the Old EU , New EU and Non EU

Topaloglou, Lefteris; Cupcea, Victor; Kallioras, Dimitris; … - 2012

strategy is linked to transnational territorial cooperation, especially through its third objective, aiming at inclusive growth … research tools of the TERCO Project, which stands for 'European Territorial Cooperation as a Factor of Growth, Jobs and Quality …

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Decentralization and foreign aid effectiveness: Do aid modality and federal design matter in poverty alleviation?

Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2010

examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering aid modality as well as different measures of political and fiscal …, while the growth impact of other aid types is not generally conditional on decentralization. We therefore conclude that …

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Aid, growth and devolution

Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009

This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...

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Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment

Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason for why poor people remain poor. This Paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion programme to provide empirical evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian central bank mandated that a commercial bank could open a...

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