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Development as Diffusion :From the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 1.
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The effect of clustering in TunisiaThe clustering of industries in specific areas has improved industrial productivity in a number of countries. Since the mid-1990s in Tunisia, concerted policies have been introduced which focus on improving the efficiency of the labour force, and...
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Clustering, competition, and spillover effects in CambodiaWhat types of businesses benefit or suffer due to geographic clustering? Data available from Cambodia on competition and spillovers—at both village- and commune-level—is useful to answer a number of questions about the effects of clustering and the...
Journal Article
Industry Switching in Developing CountriesFirm turnover (i.e., firm entry and exit) is a well-recognized source of sector-level productivity growth. In contrast, the role and importance of firms that switch activities from one sector to another is not well understood. Firm switchers are...
Journal Special Issue
Southern Growth Engines and Technology GiantsFast-growing developing countries have emerged as an important destination and source of trade, investments and technology. Furthermore, trade between developing countries has grown rapidly over the last decades, and is becoming more diversified...
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Industrial Development and Growth in NigeriaThe structure of the Nigerian economy is typical of an underdeveloped country. The primary sector, in particular, the oil and gas sector, dominates the gross domestic product accounting for over 95 per cent of export earnings and about 85 per cent of...
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The economics of counterinsurgencyPresent in India since the 1960s, the Naxalite insurgency has steadily spread across the country. Counterinsurgency measures lagged behind and did not follow any systematic process till the early 2000s with the exception of Andhra Pradesh, which in...
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Development as DiffusionWe consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have ‘productivity enclaves’, islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low...
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Varieties of clean energy transitions in EuropeThe paper introduces a novel framework for classifying different types of national political economies. It applies the outlined framework to analyse in an historical perspective the development of one mature renewable energy sector (onshore wind) and...
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Industrial Location and Spatial InequalityWe argue that spatial inequality of industry location is a primary cause of spatial income inequality in developing nations. We focus on understanding the process of spatial industrial variation—identifying the spatial factors that have cost...
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A Tale of Two CountriesThis paper looks at differences in spatial and temporal variation of rice yields in China and Brazil. We find that rice yields in China have converged over time and that rice production has become more and more homogeneous. In contrast, rice yields...
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Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First CenturyIndustrial policy has attracted considerable controversy in the development context. This paper makes a case for a pragmatic and limited approach to interventions as a means of stimulating industrialization in the context of current and future...
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Industry Switching in Developing CountriesFirm turnover (i.e. firm entry and exit) is a well-recognized source of sector level productivity growth across developing and developed countries. In contrast, the role and importance of firms switching activities from one sector to another is...
Book Chapter
Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First CenturyPart of Book Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
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Transition, Structural Divergence, and PerformancePart of Book Economies in Transition
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology GiantsPart of Journal Special Issue Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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