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International Economic Integration and Growth in Latin AmericaIntegration of Latin America into the international economy over the past quarter century has led to faster export growth, but not to faster GDP or productivity growth Contrary to mainstream analysis, under the current market reforms countries have u...
Economic integration Foreign exchange International tradeResearch Brief
Aid and Dutch DiseaseIn 1959 the Netherlands discovered vast natural gas resources in the North Sea. This discovery led to a rapid increase in the country’s national wealth. However in the 1960s the Netherlands experienced an economic crisis...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Foreign exchange MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
The Development Implications of External Integration in Latin AmericaThis paper analyses the links between the integration into the international economy and development in Latin America over the past quarter century...
Economic integration Foreign exchange International tradeWorking Paper
Aid and Dutch Disease in Sub-Saharan AfricaInternational aid has an ambiguous effect on the macroeconomy of the recipient country...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Foreign exchange MacroeconomicsJournal Article
Brazil’s Growth Performance: A Comparative Perspective to the Asian GiantsPart of Journal Special Issue Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
Economic development International trade Production (Economic theory)Book Chapter
Identification of Regional Fundamental Economic Structure (FES) of India: An Input-Output and Field of Influence ApproachFrom the book: The Rise of China and India
Domestic relations Macroeconomics PopulationWorking Paper
Economic Efficiency and Growth: Evidence from Brazil, China, and IndiaWe compare economic efficiencies in Brazil, India, and China, where economic efficiency measures the gap between potential and actual output for a given input combination and technological factor...
Economic development International trade Production (Economic theory)Working Paper
Identification of Regional Fundamental Economic Structure (FES) of India: An Input-Output and Field of Influence ApproachThis study provides an understanding of the Indian regional economy utilizing the fundamental economic structure (FES) approach...
Domestic relations Macroeconomics PopulationBook Chapter
Forces Shaping China's Interprovincial InequalityFrom the book: Inequality and Growth in Modern China
Economic development Equality and inequality Production (Economic theory)Journal Article
Forces Shaping China's Interprovincial InequalityPart of Journal Special Issue Inequality and Poverty in China
Economic development Equality and inequality Production (Economic theory)Working Paper
Forces Shaping China's Interprovincial InequalityThis paper explores the forces that shaped China’s interprovincial inequality in the last five decades of communist rule...
Economic development Equality and inequality Production (Economic theory)Journal Article
Export Dynamism and Market AccessPart of Journal Special Issue Developing Countries in the WTO Regime
Agricultural industries Economic policy Manufacturing industriesBook
Ownership and Governance of Enterprises: Recent Innovative DevelopmentsConventional wisdom recommends the superiority of private ownership of enterprises. The reality confronts it with a rich diversity in ownership and governance structures...
Business enterprises Industrial organization (Economic theory) Production (Economic theory)Working Paper
Export Dynamism and Market AccessMarket access liberalization has influenced product-specific growth of world exports and contributed to the shift in the structure of world exports of manufactures towards electrical and electronic goods (including parts and components), goods that r...
Agricultural industries Economic policy Manufacturing industriesBook Chapter
Profit Squeeze and Keynesian TheoryFrom the book: Golden Age of Capitalism
Keynesian economics Macroeconomics Production (Economic theory)Working Paper
Profit Squeeze and Keynesian TheoryThis chapter explores one aspect of the relationship between the system of production and the macroeconomic structure, namely, the role of profitability in determining investment demand and the level of economic activity...
Keynesian economics Macroeconomics Production (Economic theory)