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This study presents an empirical framework that explores the relationship between poverty reduction and changes in the production structure of developing countries. We use the new GGDC-UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database to measure productivity growth within sectors and structural change –...
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– Industrialization in the developing world
This study examines industrialization in developing countries. It introduces the GGDC-UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database, which provides consistent annual data of employment, real and nominal value added by 12 sectors in 51 economies for the period 1990–2018. Regressions that control for...
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– Do urban agglomeration economies matter?
The effects of a rural roads programme depend on labour mobility, how the programme is financed, and agglomera-tion economies. If financed by a rural poll tax and cross-price effects and agglomeration economies are sufficiently small, the wage will rise, with some return migration. Taxes on trade...
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In recent years, academic studies have been converging towards the view that foreign aid promotes aggregate economic growth. We employ a simulation approach to: (i) validate the coherence of empirical aid-growth studies published since 2008; and (ii) calculate plausible ranges for the rate of return...
This is an introduction to the UNU-WIDER special issue of World Development on aid policy and the macroeconomic management of aid. We provide an overview of the 10 studies, grouping them under three sub-themes: the aid–growth relationship; the supply-side of aid (including its level, volatility, and...
Journal Article
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– A Political Economy Model
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
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– Addressing Heterogeneity, Trends, and Dynamics
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
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– Assessing Recent Evidence
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
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– Another Time-Series Perspective
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
– The Role of the Exchange Rate Regime
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
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