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... Until the recent global crises, LDCs as a group enjoyed a protracted period of improved performance in the areas of economic growth, macroeconomic stability, trade and investment, resource flow and balances. However, this robust performance was relatively skewed and fragile and as such could not cat ...
... Until the recent global crises, LDCs as a group enjoyed a protracted period of improved performance in the areas of economic growth, macroeconomic stability, trade and investment, resource flow and balances. However, this robust performance was relatively skewed and fragile and as such could not cat ...
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... improved under the new system. The new Prime Minister-‐ Omurbek Babanov has shown commitment to building the economy through market forces and the economy is recovering from what was a ...
... improved under the new system. The new Prime Minister-‐ Omurbek Babanov has shown commitment to building the economy through market forces and the economy is recovering from what was a ...
Conditional Effects of Democracy and Trade
... puzzles, providing a more nuanced understanding of the political world and creating theoretical space for multiple theoretical accounts, albeit at different time periods. Social Context and Empirical Puzzles Arguing for a richer understanding of international politics, social theories maintain that ...
... puzzles, providing a more nuanced understanding of the political world and creating theoretical space for multiple theoretical accounts, albeit at different time periods. Social Context and Empirical Puzzles Arguing for a richer understanding of international politics, social theories maintain that ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES LINKING EXTERNAL SECTOR IMBALANCES AND CHANGING FINANCIAL
... individual economies and the global economy based on the sum of the absolute value of external sector imbalances (the trade imbalance, or the current account imbalance) across subsets of or all countries as a proportion of the combined GDP of countries. We develop two ...
... individual economies and the global economy based on the sum of the absolute value of external sector imbalances (the trade imbalance, or the current account imbalance) across subsets of or all countries as a proportion of the combined GDP of countries. We develop two ...
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... in the course of economic development as comparative advantages evolve. This chapter is focused on summarizing a new database that sheds light on the combined impact of traderelated policy developments over the past half century on distortions to agricultural incentives and thus also to consumer pri ...
... in the course of economic development as comparative advantages evolve. This chapter is focused on summarizing a new database that sheds light on the combined impact of traderelated policy developments over the past half century on distortions to agricultural incentives and thus also to consumer pri ...
The Political Economy of Latin American Economic Growth
... To these groups we must add two additional fundamental actors that cannot be traced back to original economic interests but that developed their economic autonomy as a result of the fluidity of twentieth century Latin American politics: political parties and the military. Political parties commonly ...
... To these groups we must add two additional fundamental actors that cannot be traced back to original economic interests but that developed their economic autonomy as a result of the fluidity of twentieth century Latin American politics: political parties and the military. Political parties commonly ...
“In the 1950s and early 1960s, Asia appeared to be caught in a low
... What, then, is the best strategy for Mozambique to sustain rapid growth that benefits the poor? This paper provides an analytical framework for addressing the question, based on a review of the lessons suggested by international studies of growth and poverty reduction, taking into account the specia ...
... What, then, is the best strategy for Mozambique to sustain rapid growth that benefits the poor? This paper provides an analytical framework for addressing the question, based on a review of the lessons suggested by international studies of growth and poverty reduction, taking into account the specia ...
Economic Growth as an Instrument for Poverty Reduction
... What, then, is the best strategy for Mozambique to sustain rapid growth that benefits the poor? This paper provides an analytical framework for addressing the question, based on a review of the lessons suggested by international studies of growth and poverty reduction, taking into account the specia ...
... What, then, is the best strategy for Mozambique to sustain rapid growth that benefits the poor? This paper provides an analytical framework for addressing the question, based on a review of the lessons suggested by international studies of growth and poverty reduction, taking into account the specia ...
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... periphery, in contrast, occupies a place in the world economy based on specialization in primary commodity production for export and therefore tends to display a narrower range of activities (for example, it starts off by lacking a significant industrial sector). In some of these activities, labour ...
... periphery, in contrast, occupies a place in the world economy based on specialization in primary commodity production for export and therefore tends to display a narrower range of activities (for example, it starts off by lacking a significant industrial sector). In some of these activities, labour ...
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
... spillover efficiency occurs when domestic firms are capable of absorbing the benefits of MNCs embodied in FDI. Besides FDI also creates backward and forward linkages which get stimulated through MNCs in spurting up economic growth and development. Blomstrom, Kokko and Zejan (1992) concluded that pr ...
... spillover efficiency occurs when domestic firms are capable of absorbing the benefits of MNCs embodied in FDI. Besides FDI also creates backward and forward linkages which get stimulated through MNCs in spurting up economic growth and development. Blomstrom, Kokko and Zejan (1992) concluded that pr ...
Regional Specialization and Geographic Concentration of
... integration. Second, there is a growing policy concern that countries’ specialization in narrow groups of products might increase the demand risk for individual countries. As far as Romania is concerned, studies on regional specialization and industrial concentration have been undertaken both in nat ...
... integration. Second, there is a growing policy concern that countries’ specialization in narrow groups of products might increase the demand risk for individual countries. As far as Romania is concerned, studies on regional specialization and industrial concentration have been undertaken both in nat ...
The Political Economy of Latin American Economic Growth
... To these groups we must add two additional fundamental actors that cannot be traced back to original economic interests but that developed their economic autonomy as a result of the fluidity of twentieth century Latin American politics: political parties and the military. Political parties commonly ...
... To these groups we must add two additional fundamental actors that cannot be traced back to original economic interests but that developed their economic autonomy as a result of the fluidity of twentieth century Latin American politics: political parties and the military. Political parties commonly ...
1. Global Depth and the Big Shift
... portfolio equity depth was hit the hardest. Trade was the next domino to fall, declining in 2009 to well below its 2005 level. Starting in 2010, trade drove a recovery, while capital remained in the doldrums. In 2012, however, the trade recovery reversed course, with trade depth turning in a modest ...
... portfolio equity depth was hit the hardest. Trade was the next domino to fall, declining in 2009 to well below its 2005 level. Starting in 2010, trade drove a recovery, while capital remained in the doldrums. In 2012, however, the trade recovery reversed course, with trade depth turning in a modest ...
Evolving Comparative Advantage, Sectoral Linkages, and Structural
... smaller share of aggregate value added. I model this channel by imposing an income elasticity of agricultural consumption less than 1. Examples of this mechanism in closed economies can be found in Kongsamut, Rebelo, and Xie (2001) and Laitner (2000). In a small open economy, Teignier (2012) shows t ...
... smaller share of aggregate value added. I model this channel by imposing an income elasticity of agricultural consumption less than 1. Examples of this mechanism in closed economies can be found in Kongsamut, Rebelo, and Xie (2001) and Laitner (2000). In a small open economy, Teignier (2012) shows t ...
Troops and Growth - George Mason University
... many years the number of troops exceeded 100 in a given country, while the second (Years1000) counts the years with a thousand or more troops. To further assess the relationship’s economic and statistical significance, we run a set of multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions that includ ...
... many years the number of troops exceeded 100 in a given country, while the second (Years1000) counts the years with a thousand or more troops. To further assess the relationship’s economic and statistical significance, we run a set of multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions that includ ...
4V - EconStor
... with the question - how effective is an across the board increase in tariffs in improving the balance of trade and employment in the short run? Tariff increases raise the price of imports in the domestic market allowing some expansion in employment in import competing industries. However, this is on ...
... with the question - how effective is an across the board increase in tariffs in improving the balance of trade and employment in the short run? Tariff increases raise the price of imports in the domestic market allowing some expansion in employment in import competing industries. However, this is on ...
Determination of Potential Growth using Panel Techniques
... GDP per capita for a range of industrial countries. The paper starts with a review of findings and considerations of the theoretical and empirical growth literature in order to give motivation for the empirical analysis. After this, the empirical model and econometric approach is demonstrated. Final ...
... GDP per capita for a range of industrial countries. The paper starts with a review of findings and considerations of the theoretical and empirical growth literature in order to give motivation for the empirical analysis. After this, the empirical model and econometric approach is demonstrated. Final ...
Comparative Study of Export Policies in Egypt, Morocco
... A robust structural transformation is critical to shape a country’s ability to generate a faster and more inclusive growth that is required to tackle social challenges, such as unemployment and poverty. Structural transformation driven by export is highly relevant for Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia; cou ...
... A robust structural transformation is critical to shape a country’s ability to generate a faster and more inclusive growth that is required to tackle social challenges, such as unemployment and poverty. Structural transformation driven by export is highly relevant for Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia; cou ...
Trade and Resources: The Heckscher-Ohlin Model
... The ability to transport machines across borders meant that they did not look to differences in technologies across countries as the reason for trade, as Ricardo had done. Instead, they assumed that technologies were the same across countries, and they used the uneven distribution of resources acros ...
... The ability to transport machines across borders meant that they did not look to differences in technologies across countries as the reason for trade, as Ricardo had done. Instead, they assumed that technologies were the same across countries, and they used the uneven distribution of resources acros ...
Creating an Environment for Growth and Prosperity (15th ed.)
... methods is a driving force of economic growth. • Technological improvement is scientific discovery while innovation is its practical application and dissemination. • Each of these play a role in the development of improved products and better ways of doing things. • Schumpeter referred to this proce ...
... methods is a driving force of economic growth. • Technological improvement is scientific discovery while innovation is its practical application and dissemination. • Each of these play a role in the development of improved products and better ways of doing things. • Schumpeter referred to this proce ...
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... One of the most striking empirical features in urban economics is the large difference in urban concentration across countries. In Austria, for example, about 20 percent of the total population live in the nation's largest city, Vienna, while in neighboring Switzerland, the comparable ratio is consi ...
... One of the most striking empirical features in urban economics is the large difference in urban concentration across countries. In Austria, for example, about 20 percent of the total population live in the nation's largest city, Vienna, while in neighboring Switzerland, the comparable ratio is consi ...
THE EFFECT OF TRADE OPENNESS AND INCOME ON
... and, finally, economic development and technological progress cause a government to be more involved in the economy on efficiency grounds. Several versions of Wagner’s hypothesis are developed in order to examine the relationship between well-being and government size. Although a detailed review of t ...
... and, finally, economic development and technological progress cause a government to be more involved in the economy on efficiency grounds. Several versions of Wagner’s hypothesis are developed in order to examine the relationship between well-being and government size. Although a detailed review of t ...
Competition Policy in Small Distant Open Economies
... New Zealand is a small open economy that is remote from all major markets. The smallness and remoteness of New Zealand combine to imply that this country has, at least quantitatively, distinctive features for the regulation of economic activity by competition law. The isolation and small size of the ...
... New Zealand is a small open economy that is remote from all major markets. The smallness and remoteness of New Zealand combine to imply that this country has, at least quantitatively, distinctive features for the regulation of economic activity by competition law. The isolation and small size of the ...
Democracy and economic growth in an interdependent world
... In view of the above the main objective of this paper is to study the nature and extent of cross-country growth interdependence which is hypothesized to be determined by ‘democratic distance’ among countries. The goal is to allow democratic proximity (representing cohesive factor), irrespective of g ...
... In view of the above the main objective of this paper is to study the nature and extent of cross-country growth interdependence which is hypothesized to be determined by ‘democratic distance’ among countries. The goal is to allow democratic proximity (representing cohesive factor), irrespective of g ...