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Fifty years ago, Punjab embarked on its famous Green Revolution, leading the rest of India in that innovation, and becoming the country's breadbasket. Now its economy and society are struggling by relative, and sometimes even absolute, measures. Using the original Green Revolution as a...
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The new government in India under the leadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has sought to pursue e-Governance as a part of its biggerstrategy to improve governance and reduce corruption in the country. Thereis empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of e-Governance as a tool toreduce...
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The world is searching for a new socioeconomic development paradigm, which is sometimes referred to as the “new reality.” Judging by the previous structural crises (in the 1930s and 1970s), this search takes about a decade characterized by volatile economic trends, political crises, and...
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The Xi-Li administration faces the dual challenge of managing state capitalism and shadow banking as China enters a phase of more moderate economic growth. During China's first three decades of reform, private sector development occurred in parallel with prioritization of state-owned enterprises...
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After the collapse of communism, political elites in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) implemented economic reforms that were largely inspired by the prevailing neoliberal paradigm. One of the consequences of these reforms was that the region's economies became very open to foreign direct...
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One of the cornerstones of the science of economics in its post-marginalist-revolution period is the realization that the necessity of ‘economizing' – i.e., maximizing individual desire satisfaction whilst minimizing the exploitation of productive resources – stems from the fact that the...
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The transition economy of Vietnam enjoyed remarkable achievements in the first 20 years of economic renovation (Doi Moi) from 1986 to 2006. Notably, the economy grew at an average annual rate of 7.5% in 1991-2000 period. Vietnam's Amended Constitution 1992 recognized the role of private sector...
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Data driven governance systems are transforming the regulatory landscape of both states and other governance institutions. Grounded in principles of accountability and embedded in incentive based systems for reducing risk and managing behaviors through mechanisms of choice and markets, these...
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Successful governance implies that organizations, networks, or practices create public or club goods by constraining behavior, sharing information, or providing resources. While effective governance may require a functional state, compelling studies have theorized informal governance without...
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democratization has a sizeable negative effect on loan spreads: a one-point increase in the zero-to-ten Polity IV index of democracy …
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