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Learning from Asia's success beyond simplistic 'lesson-making'
Hobday, Mike - 2011
Asian ones. Development ultimately requires, as it did across Asia, significant innovation and creativity in business …Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia's success … East and South East Asia and asks: what can other developing countries learn from Asia's success, if anything? The study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280115
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Transition in Southeast Europe: Understanding economic development and institutional change
Uvalic, Milica - 2010
The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating how these countries encountered difficulties in its implementation, despite having some of the best starting conditions in 1989 to implement a swift transition to a market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280136
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Property rights and elites
Amsden, Alice H. - 2010
An elite derives its status from its relationship to property, whether physical or human capital. While stable property rights are necessary for everyday business, unstable property rights that result in major institutional changes (such as land reform) may have a positive impact on economic...
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Are biofuels good for African development? An analytical framework with evidence from Mozambique and Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Msangi, Siwa; Thurlow, James - 2010
Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their dependence on imported fossil fuels, but also stimulate economic development, particularly in poorer rural areas. Skeptics, on the other hand, view biofuels as a threat to food...
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Policing reforms and economic development in African states. Understanding the linkages: empowering change
Marenin, Otwin - 2013
The notion that economic development in African states requires minimal levels of security has become widely accepted in the international development community. Reforming non-functioning policing systems is an important step toward achieving security, yet the experience of changing policing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319787
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How aid supply responds to economic crises: A panel VAR approach
Gravier-Rymaszewska, Joanna - 2012
The strong interdependence between the developed and developing worlds surfaced with the recent economic downturn. Due to the global character of the economy, the downturn affected not only the North but also the South. In addition, the Official Development Assistance (ODA) is subject to a...
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The impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on households in Nigeria: A retrospective approach for research enquiry
Chiripanhura, Blessing M.; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2013
This paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households Nigeria. It uses primary household level data from Nigeria to analyse the impacts of induced price variability on household welfare. Our results indicate that aggregate shocks have...
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Fiscal policy, state building and economic development
Addison, Tony; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Pirttilä, Jukka - 2018
This paper presents a synopsis of the contextual conditions, factors and challenges under which the recent evolution of tax systems has taken place over the past three decades. The paper gives especial emphasis to the role of natural endowments, political economy, social structure and history,...
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Understanding the boom: Country study - Tanzania
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146474
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Understanding the boom: A framing paper
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
A significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated. This paper takes stock of the sequencing, timing, and scale of the development of a natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146475