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Eick, Stephen R. "Brazil incubation and its economic growth implications." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-3/rp/eicks/stepheneick.pdf.
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James, Alexander North. "Economic growth and land use change : implications for global biodiversity." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/265606.
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This study examines whether land use change and biodiversity loss conform to an environmental Kuznets curve, a relationship in which certain environmental impacts increase then decrease with economic growth. The study draws on the experience of economic structural change to show that agricultural land use may follow this pattern. Also, a reduction in agricultural land use may allow forests and parks to expand (with positive implications for biodiversity). These predictions are tested on national-level land use data from 127 countries over the period 1965-1994. In the empirical analysis, the relationships of cropland, pasture, forests, and parks to per capita income and other socioeconomic variables are estimated. Results of two systems of simultaneous equations ' demonstrate a transition in land use, characterised by rapid agricultural land conversion in the initial stage of development, followed by a gradual reversion to forests (and an expansion of parks). Turning points in the Kuznets curve for agricultural land use, and in the inverse Kuznets curve for forests and parks, appear between $1000 and $1500 in per capita income. The pattern varies by geographic region, however, as shown in an analysis of ten regional groups of countries. The econometric analysis also produced insights into the impact of population density, agricultural yield, land ownership security, and trade. The general picture to emerge from these results is that economic development, and particularly improvement in agricultural productivity, are associated with a reduction in agricultural land use and an expansion of forests. Sixty-six countries in the sample have not reached the turning point in the land use transition, and thirty-six have past it. An appendix chapter contains a separate empirical analysis of the relationship between species extinction rates (a proxy for biodiversity) and economic growth. Drawing on biogeographic models of extinction that attribute species loss to habitat conversion, and the finding of a Kuznets curve for agricultural land use, the analysis tests the prediction that species extinction rates will rise and fall in the course of economic development. The empirical analysis focuses on the developed countries where records are best, and finds that extinction rates peak at a per capita income of around $3500 before declining. This indicates that the pattern of species extinction is consistent with the Kuznets curve for land use, though with a lag effect.
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Ndubisi, Chiedu Bertram. "Economic Policy Implications of Port Concession in Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3187.
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Previous research on privatization has focused on its effect on output, profitability, investment, and efficiency at the level of the firm, neglecting the economic growth and other impacts. Nigeria's port privatization through concession in 2006 covered virtually all the ports in the economy. However, the few studies on the subject neither factored in the complexity that characterize the multiple port system nor controlled for alternative explanations of the changes in the economy. This correlational study tested the property rights theory by investigating whether the changes in production efficiency at the ports following privatization are good predictors of economic growth in Nigeria. Eight years of existing panel data were collected from Nigerian ports, providing 160 observations on several selected variables. The analyses controlled for the influence of confounding or interacting variables and addressed the complexity of the port system using linear programming. The multiple regression analysis showed that privatization, deregulation, cargo increases, interest rate, and inflation rate accounted for high variations in short and long-term economic growth. Port privatization transmitted growth to the economy through cargo throughput increases. The Malmquist linear programming analysis revealed overall but modest improvements in production efficiency changes after the privatization. By isolating possible areas of efficiency improvements, this study may inform port managers in Nigeria on ways to improve overall competitiveness. The potential contribution of the research to social change lies in clearly identifying the critical variables to economic growth in Nigeria to aid economic planning, poverty alleviation and improving the quality of life.
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Delfino, Doriana. "Economic-epidemiological analysis of tuberculosis : modelling the demographic-epidemiological implications of economic growth and public health investment." Thesis, University of York, 2001. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10936/.
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Sundman, Marie-Lor. "The Effects of the Demographic Transition on Economic Growth : Implications for Japan." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Nationalekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15993.
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Demographic transition implies severe challenges for high income nations, for instance Japan, as the population decreases due to declines in birth rates as well as the higher rate of elderly population. More women are entering the labor market which affects birth rates. In addition, technological progress has improved health care and standard of living, bringing up life expectancies. However, the elderly population is increasing, elevating the dependency ratio which dampens the economic growth. The changed age structure alters the ratio of labor force negatively relative to population, in spite of the higher female labor participation. This paper analyzes how the current demographic transition in advanced countries influences economic growth. The paper is focused on Japan that is currently dealing with the consequences from the fastest increase in the percentage share of the elderly population compared to the other high income countries. The empirical analysis is based on a growth accounting model that estimates the impact of demographic factors on growth rates in high income countries. The empirical results indicate that demographic factors such as life expectancy and total dependency ratio have a negative impact on economic growth. The conclusion is that Japan and other rich countries have to make greater efforts in dampening the demographic change by policy making and in-migration.
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Keely, Louise Catherine. "Ideas and incentives in the innovation process : implications for economic growth." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325014.
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Kim, Sang-Choon. "Innovation and training in a closed and open economy : implications for learning and economic growth /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7482.
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Savy, Neil Edward. "Impact of the global financial crisis on economic growth: implications for South Africa and other developing economies." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017542.
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This paper examines the impact of the recent global financial crisis on economic growth in developing economies and South Africa in particular. It explores whether the events experienced by developing countries conform to what would be anticipated from economic theory. This is done by firstly comparing country growth forecasts for 2012 captured in 2008 at the beginning of the crisis to actual 2012 GDP growth data. Secondly, panel data analysis is used to investigate three important transmission channels, namely those of Trade, Capital Flows and Exchange Rates for 25 developing economies. The results suggest that economic forecasters in 2008 on average overestimated GDP growth for 2012 by -21.6 percent (excluding Venezuela). The only important transmission channel identified using Trend analysis to explain this negative impact on growth was capital flows. However when using Panel regression analysis all three channels were found to explain the economic impact of the crisis on GDP growth for developing countries, conforming to economic theory. It was discovered that, contrary to what was initially expected, portfolio inflows actually increased for most developing countries during the crisis. This possibly can be explained by the impact of quantitative easing in the USA. South Africa was found to have been negatively impacted by the global financial crisis, but to a lesser extent when compared to most other developing countries. The findings are important for global investors looking for new investment opportunities. The extent to which individual economies are “decoupled” from developed economies’ performance provides possible opportunities for diversifying risk through a geographic spread of investor portfolios.
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Hippe, Ralph. "Human capital formation in Europe at the regional level : implications for economic growth." Phd thesis, Université de Strasbourg, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00997695.
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This thesis highlights the formation of human capital in the European regions and its implications for economic growth. It is characterised by its combined regional, long-term and European approach. To this end, I refer to Unified Growth Theory and New Economic Geography as the most important recent theoretical contributions and construct an unparalleled new and large database on regional human capital and other economic factors from numerous diverse sources. For the empirical analysis, spatial and GIS methods are employed in addition to standard econometric models. In this way, the thesis explores human capital formation in the regions of the European continent between 1790 and 2010. Moreover, it underlines the relationship between human capital proxies, the determinants of human capital and the long-run impact of human capital on economic growth.
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Babones, Salvatore James. "The international structure of income and its implications for economic growth, 1960-2000." Available to US Hopkins community, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/dlnow/3068113.
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Huang, Shaojun. "Service sector development, structural change, and economic growth international experriences and implications for China /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23000971.
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Ruzibuka, John S. "The impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth in developing countries : Empirical evidence and policy implications." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/16282.
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This study examines the impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth in developing
countries. Based on deduction from the relevant theoretical and empirical literature, the
study tests the following hypotheses regarding the impact of fiscal deficits on economic
growth. First, fiscal deficits have significant positive or negative impact on economic growth
in developing countries. Second, the impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth depends
on the size of deficits as a percentage of GDP – that is, there is a non-linear relationship
between fiscal deficits and economic growth. Third, the impact of fiscal deficits on
economic growth depends on the ways in which deficits are financed. Fourth, the impact of
fiscal deficits on economic growth depends on what deficit financing is used for. The study
also examines whether there are any significant regional differences in terms of the
relationship between fiscal deficits and economic growth in developing countries.
The study uses panel data for thirty-one developing countries covering the period 1972-
2001, which is analysed based on the econometric estimation of a dynamic growth model
using the Arellano and Bond (1991) generalised method of moments (GMM) technique.
Overall, the results suggest the following. First, fiscal deficits per se have no any significant
positive or negative impact on economic growth. Second, by contrast, when the deficit is
substituted by domestic and foreign financing, we find that both domestic and foreign
financing of fiscal deficits exerts a negative and statistically significant impact on economic
growth with a lag. Third, we find that both categories of economic classification of
government expenditure, namely, capital and current expenditure, have no significant
impact on economic growth. When government expenditure is disaggregated on the basis
of a functional classification, the results suggest that spending on education, defence and
economic services have positive but insignificant impact on growth, while spending on
health and general public services have positive and significant impact. Fourth, in terms of
regional differences with regard to the estimated relationships, the study finds that, while
there are some regional differences between the four different regions represented in our
sample of thirty-one developing countries - namely, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and
the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa – these differences
are not statistically significant.
On the basis of these findings, the study concludes that fiscal deficits per se are not
necessarily good or bad for economic growth in developing countries; how the deficits are
financed and what they are used for matters. In addition, the study concludes that there
are no statistically significant regional differences in terms of the relationship between
fiscal deficits and economic growth in developing countries.
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Ruzibuka, John Shofel. "The impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth in developing countries : empirical evidence and policy implications." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/16282.
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This study examines the impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth in developing countries. Based on deduction from the relevant theoretical and empirical literature, the study tests the following hypotheses regarding the impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth. First, fiscal deficits have significant positive or negative impact on economic growth in developing countries. Second, the impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth depends on the size of deficits as a percentage of GDP - that is, there is a non-linear relationship between fiscal deficits and economic growth. Third, the impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth depends on the ways in which deficits are financed. Fourth, the impact of fiscal deficits on economic growth depends on what deficit financing is used for. The study also examines whether there are any significant regional differences in terms of the relationship between fiscal deficits and economic growth in developing countries. The study uses panel data for thirty-one developing countries covering the period 1972- 2001, which is analysed based on the econometric estimation of a dynamic growth model using the Arellano and Bond (1991) generalised method of moments (GMM) technique. Overall, the results suggest the following. First, fiscal deficits per se have no any significant positive or negative impact on economic growth. Second, by contrast, when the deficit is substituted by domestic and foreign financing, we find that both domestic and foreign financing of fiscal deficits exerts a negative and statistically significant impact on economic growth with a lag. Third, we find that both categories of economic classification of government expenditure, namely, capital and current expenditure, have no significant impact on economic growth. When government expenditure is disaggregated on the basis of a functional classification, the results suggest that spending on education, defence and economic services have positive but insignificant impact on growth, while spending on health and general public services have positive and significant impact. Fourth, in terms of regional differences with regard to the estimated relationships, the study finds that, while there are some regional differences between the four different regions represented in our sample of thirty-one developing countries - namely, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa - these differences are not statistically significant. On the basis of these findings, the study concludes that fiscal deficits per se are not necessarily good or bad for economic growth in developing countries; how the deficits are financed and what they are used for matters. In addition, the study concludes that there are no statistically significant regional differences in terms of the relationship between fiscal deficits and economic growth in developing countries.
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Capener, Joel. "The politics and practice of innovation : implications for economic growth of the Sheffield city region." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2019. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/23001/.
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Innovation, due to the potential significant benefits which innovation led growth may provide in promoting sustained economic development at both national and regional scale, has become an increasingly prevalent part of national and regional economic strategies. As a result of this the best way in which innovation should be supported and at what scale has become an issue of significant importance and attention by policy makers, practitioners and academics alike. Rescaling is another issue, one which is both separate to, yet intimately related to innovation. Along with the devolution and rescaling of regions within the empirical context of the UK, in the literature of both innovation systems and regional studies, there has been an increasing push towards the devolution of power and decision making control to smaller scales of governance, bringing into question the role and place of localism for innovation led growth. In order to gain an in-depth understanding of the issues surrounding these areas and the implications of the multiscalar perspective for innovation-led growth, this thesis conducted qualitative research within the empirical context of the SCR, a weakly mono-centric region, with historically lagging innovation and growth rates. This thesis thematically presents the findings from 16 interviews conducted with regional stakeholders and 30 interviews conducted with innovative firms within the SCR's three main innovative industries: advanced manufacturing, healthcare and digital and creative, taking a multiscalar approach to the investigation of this topic, in contrast to other studies looking at innovation from a static, singular innovation systems perspective. From these findings, this research demonstrates how definitional complexity associated with the term innovation is having both practical and negative effects on the way in which innovation is supported, highlights the significant challenges of localism for fostering and supporting innovation-led growth, and argues that path dependency may be used as a tool for explaining not only the development of regional specialisms, but also the reason why innovation systems may be created at some scales but not others.
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Ekhagen, Johanna. "HIV/AIDS in economic growth models : how does HIV/AIDS influence the Solow Growth Model and what are the implications of the pandemic for the fight against poverty for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa?" Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Economics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-106150.
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This thesis studies the impact from HIV/AIDS on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. This is an important region for investigation since HIV/AIDS is more common in poor countries where economic growth levels are initially low.
The theoretical framework for the analysis is the Solow Growth Model. The analysis also considers the impact on changes to human capital and adds this factor to the Solow equation.
The analysis concludes that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has negative effects on per capita GDP growth through the parameters of the Solow Growth Model, including human capital. The thesis also deduces that the pandemic enhances income and gender inequality.
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Ren, Jia. "The relationship between financial development and economic growth in China : theory, empirical evidence and policy implications." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2006. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/722/.
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China began its current economic reform in the late 1970s. Since initiating its reforms, China has restructured its banking sector from the old Soviet-style and monopoly banking system. Meanwhile, since China launched its equity market in the early 1990s, selling new stocks and bonds appeared to be another significant channel for enterprises to raise investment funds. This thesis investigates the influence of financial development on economic growth in China mainly by examining the banking sector and stock market performance. This study employs a consolidated dataset covering 30 provinces for 18 years to conduct the panel technique. Meanwhile, a monthly dataset of 10 years has also been established to explore Granger-causality tests of the financial development and economic growth linkages. The main findings of the research are that at first China's economic growth is driven by the quickly accumulated capital stock attributed to the rapid increase of fixed assets investment while the contribution of labour input to GDP growth is statistically modest. Secondly, on aggregated level, the Granger-causality estimated result does not support the hypothesis that China's banking sector has been playing a leading role in the process of economic growth. Meanwhile, based on the introduction of five banking sector indicators, the panel estimation result indicated that China's banking sector has not statistically generated any contribution to the economic development. Thirdly, the Granger-causality estimated results concluded that economic growth is the Granger-cause of the stock market capitalisation while no causality relationship exists between stock market development and economic growth when in term of market liquidity and volatility. The causality relationship was finally testified on the basis of investigating the whole financial market, in which circumstance the estimated result further confirmed that financial development is the effect rather than cause of China's economic growth. Overall, the thesis presents enough evidence to support the argument that the financial sector development has been acting the demand- following role in economic growth process in the context of China.
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Bende-Nabende, Anthony. "The role of FDI in the economic growth of the asean-5 economies, with policy implications for the least developed countries." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668321.
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Musisi, Aldret Albert. "Underinvestment in public infrastructure capital and private sector output and productivity in Uganda : implications for economic growth /." Maastricht : Shaker Pub, 2007. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0716/2007468533.html.
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REICHENBACHER, ERIC THOMAS. "A DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP: THE BURGEONING SINO-AFRICAN RELATIONSHIP AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR AFRICA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192209.
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Stojkov, Aleksandar. "Determinants of current account deficits and implications for economic growth : Evidence from the South Eastern European Countries." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522256.
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Msulwa, Rehema. "The growth implications of Agglomeration in South Africa, 1996-2010." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12048.
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The paper investigates whether the spatial distribution of economic activity in South Africa is static or evolving. Testing Gibrat’s Law to determine this, results suggest growth patterns in South Africa have been divergent over the period 1996-2010. The share of population, employment and GVA in the largest municipalities has been increasing relative to the shares in smaller municipalities.
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Hippe, Ralph [Verfasser], and Jörg [Akademischer Betreuer] Baten. "Human capital formation in Europe at the regional level – implications for economic growth / Ralph Hippe ; Betreuer: Jörg Baten." Tübingen : Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1162444800/34.
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Chroboček, Jakub. "Reprodukční proces obyvatelstva v EU a jeho ekonomické a sociální dopady." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-195480.
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The main purpose of this thesis is to reveal the economic and social impacts of demographic development in European union. In chapter one basic demographic terms and theories which are connected to current and future situation in the area of development of natality, mortality and their result natural growth of population are described. In the second part of this thesis basic demographic data in areas of natality, mortality and growth of population are explored. Last chapter contains the information about projections of economic implication on the fiscal stability of government budget, implications for individuals and also social implications of current and future demographic development.
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Waghid, Zayd. "Investigating intersections between the further education and training economics curriculum and growth and development frameworks – implications for teaching and learning." Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71877.
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I investigate whether the South African government’s Growth and Development Frameworks (GDFs) are aligned with the learning outcomes of the Further Education and Training (FET) Economics curriculum as presented through the National Curriculum Statement (NCS). Central to the GDFs is the cultivation of social justice, more specifically the eradication of inequalities and the establishment of employment opportunities for all the country’s citizens. Also, the government hopes to achieve social justice through the cultivation of democratic relations amongst people that will hopefully contribute towards economic development in society, more specifically local economic development (LED). Similarly, the four learning outcomes, namely macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic pursuit and contemporary economic issues, emphasise the importance of people contributing towards social justice in their communities. The learning outcomes hope to achieve this by inculcating in learners an affinity for democratic action and the acquisition of economics skills, values, knowledge and attitudes that can engender LED. Consequently, the learning outcomes can be said to be aligned with the GDFs on the basis that the common theme that seems to drive both aspects is social justice through democratic action and economic development. Finally, the alignment between the GDFs and learning outcomes has the effect that teaching and learning will and should be more deliberative, engaging and ‘free’ – a matter of people exercising their capabilities towards the attainment of human freedoms such as equality, solidarity and the exercise of their rights.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis ondersoek ek of daar ‘n verbintenis is tussen die Suid-Afrikaanse regering se Groei en Ontwikkelingsraamwerke (GOR’e) en die leeruitkomste van die Verdere Onderwys en Opleiding (VOO) Ekonomie-kurrikulum soos wat dit in die Nationale Kurrikulumverklaring (NKV) voorgestel word. Sentraal tot die GOR’e is die kultivering van sosiale geregtigheid, meer spesifiek die verwydering van ongelykhede en die skepping van werksgeleenthede vir alle landsburgers. Die regering beoog juis om sosiale geregtigheid te verwesenlik deur die kultivering van demokratiese verhoudinge tussen mense wat hopelik ‘n bydrae kan lewer tot ekonomiese onwikkeling in die samelewing, veral plaaslike ekonomiese onwikkeling (PEO). Terselfdertyd word daar deur die vier leeruitkomstes, naamlik makroekonomie, mikroekonomie, ekonomiese vooruitgang en huidige ekonomiese aangeleenthede, die belangrikheid van mense se bydraes tot sosiale geregtigheid in hulle gemeenskappe beklemtoon. Die leeruitkomstes hoop om laasgenoemde te bereik deurdat in leerders ‘n aangetrokkenheid tot demokratiese aksie en Ekonomie-vaardighede, -waardes, -kennis en -houdings gekweek word wat PEO kan bevorder. Gevolglik kan voorgehou word dat die leeruitkomste met die GOR’e vereenselwig kan word op grond van die gemeenskaplike tema van sosiale geregtigheid deur demokratiese aksie en ekonomiese ontwikkeling wat blykbaar beide aspekte dryf. Laastens, die verwantskap tussen die GOR’e en leeruitkomste het die effek dat onderrig en leer meer beraadslagend, interkatief en ‘vry’ behoort te wees – ‘n geval van mense wat hulle vaardighede uitoefen om menslike vryhede soos gelykheid, solidariteit en die uitoefening van hulle regte te bekom.
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Dwesini, Nontembiso Eugenia. "The implications of smallholder agricultural productivity growth for poverty alleviation in post-apartheid South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1021286.
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The adoption of the Millennium Development Goal 1(MDG 1) of reducing the rate of poverty to half of the 1990-level by 2015 has been a challenge faced by the developing countries including South Africa. The foundations of democracy have to be continuously assessed so that the obstacles faced by South Africa as it strives towards sustainable democracy are addressed. With agricultural sector identified as having the potential to alleviate poverty compared to the mining sector, manufacturing sector and services sector, it faced the challenges that include: (i) accelerating agricultural productivity; (ii) reducing poverty and vulnerability; and (iii) narrowing rural-urban income disparities. The identification of the critical linkages in the agricultural development framework allows for effective strategic planning, effective decision making and appropriate policy formulation. Expectedly, the sector has attracted considerable fiscal policy interest and public investments. The primary aim of this research study is to assess the extent to which smallholder agricultural productivity growth alleviates poverty in South Africa. The statistical and econometric techniques namely; Johansen technique of co-integration analysis (1995), analysis of covariance and correlation, Vector Error Correction Model, are employed in this research study. The data description, data sources, expected relationship between variables and indexation of data are done. The drivers and cause-effect relationships between agriculture and poverty reduction are investigated. The employed models allowed for an exploration of plausible future growth in agricultural elasticity of poverty and the possibility of reducing poverty level in South Africa. The data is obtained from the National Department of Agriculture from 1994 -2013. The analysis of the results strongly confirms that agricultural productivity has a significant inverse relationship to the levels of poverty in South Africa. The outcome of the analysis will contribute to improved decision making on the use of public funds in agriculture.
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Schoeffling, James Robert 1959. "The financial and management implications of bovine somatotropin on the Arizona dairy industry." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276854.
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This study examines how Bovine Somatotropin (BST) may impact Arizona dairy producers. The results of dairy scientists experimenting with BST are summarized in terms of reported milk yields and possible changes in feeding and herd management. Dairy enterprize budgets representative of Arizona are constructed to examine how income statements may change if BST is approved. The effects of increased milk supply on Arizona milk prices are estimated using the institutional structure of the Central Arizona Order and the United Dairyman of Arizona. Results of experiments with BST in Arizona are used to generate net returns at several rates of adoption under changing milk prices for three dairy farms in Arizona.
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Al-Moulani, Ali J. "Banking sector depth & long-term economic growth in the GCC States : relationship nature, sector development status & policy implications." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2016. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10492.
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The thesis investigates the nature of the relationship between the banking sector depth and long-term economic growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, assesses the banking sector development status in each of the States, and underlines the policy implications in the light of the banking-growth nexus and the banking development benchmarking models’ findings for the region by undertaking three projects.
The thesis examines the nature of the relationship between banking sector depth and long-term economic growth in the NRBC—as a proxy for the GCC States— vis-à-vis the rest of the world countries. For the empirical investigation, a dynamic panel data approach, i.e. Generalised Method of Moments (GMM), is adopted over the period 1961 to 2013. By utilising mixed effects and System GMM frameworks, the research identifies the countries with the strongest banking-growth relationships and establishes the banking sector development determinants in those countries. Employing a novel benchmarking process, the thesis assesses the status of the banking sector development in each of the GCC member countries and simulates the change in the banking sector depth across the Gulf region over a period of ten years to highlight the potential policy implications for the sector development.
The findings of the thesis suggest that the relationship between banking sector depth and long-term economic growth in the NRBC is non-linear, where the relationship between the banking sector depth and economic growth turns from positive to negative beyond certain levels of sector depth. In comparison to other countries, the results indicate that the banking-growth nexus in the NRBC exhibits a smaller total effect magnitude as well as a shorter time between the change in the sector depth and its effect on economic growth. The benchmarking of the banking sectors in the GCC region suggests that in five of the six member countries the banking sectors are underdeveloped. The simulation results predict that the banking sectors will develop further in half of the countries in the region, given their current levels of banking sector development determinants, while two countries require reforms in terms of undertaking regulations and policies to avoid seeing their sector development levels deteriorate.
The thesis contributes to theory by confirming findings in the literature and expanding the body of knowledge through novel findings. This research also contributes to policy by demonstrating the significance of the banking sector development for long-term economic growth in the NRBC, providing policymakers in the Gulf States with the status of their banking sectors, and underlining the banking sector depth determinants that ought to be considered when setting regulations and policies that are aimed at developing the banking sector further.
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Brown, Chelsea Denise. "The Road to Development is Paved With Good Institutions: The Political and Economic Implications of Financial Markets." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6131/.
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This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and political development. I argue that financial market institutions are critical to economic and political development, and provide a partial explanation for the variation in development observed across nations. Financial market development affects political development indirectly through greater economic efficiency and growth and directly by reducing poverty, increasing economic equality, strengthening the middle class and increasing political participation. Increased financial market development also produces more efficient institutions and eliminates certain perverse incentives in government that result in corruption. The action mechanisms rest largely on the idea that increasing access to financial services allows the lower and middle- income segments of society to smooth their income and invest in high return activities that can lift people out of poverty. These improvements distribute both economic and intellectual resources throughout society and provide greater opportunities for political entrepreneurship from all societal groups. This, along with greater ability to participate either through monetary means or greater time, increases political participation and democratic development. Using a variety of econometric techniques to analyze data on 190 countries over 28 years (1975-2003), I show that financial market development has a significant effect in several areas of development. Specifically, I find that financial market development reduces poverty and income inequality and reduces the level of corruption. Increasing financial market development also increases political competition and civil rights protection in addition to increasing the effectiveness of government and regulatory levels. Ultimately, I assert that while financial market factors have not been previously targeted as sources for development, they may provide an effective policy tool for fostering equitable development in a variety of economic and political situations. I further argue that the state must have a greater role in development than the prevailing neoliberal paradigm prescribes, and must actively seek to develop institutions that support financial market development.
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Migueles, Chazarreta Damián. "The implications of trade and offshoring for growth and wages." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-1538.
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In their pursuit of profits, adventure and new markets, humans have traded since prehistoric times. The relations between trade, profits and technological change, how- ever, were not the main concern of early economists ranging from Aristotle to the mercantilists. Presumably because in their world, the rate of technological change was decidedly low, and the basket and quality of goods available through production and trade did not change much over decades, or even centuries! In addition, it was not the technological change that brought markets closer, but “the ferocity of nomadic horsemen or the edge of a scimitar”, while “violently imposed monopolies and plunder”. (Findlay and O’Rourke, 2003) made trade more profitable. It was not until the industrial revolution that growth rates began to rise to high levels. Now that human inventions and discoveries came faster and cheaper than ever, trade liberalization was not only the way to gain access to new markets; trade liberalization had also a role in promoting growth. Trade liberalization in the form of lower trade costs, increases profits from exporting, and consequently, overall profits. That increases the incentives to innovate, produce something new and export it. Trade liberalization thus promotes technological change by increasing the incentives firms have to conduct R&D, implement the innovation or improvement and make larger profits. The field of economics that studies economic growth as the result of decisions made by profit-maximizing firms is called endogenous growth theory. There have been a number of theoretical advances in endogenous growth theory over the last 20 years, but there is no consensus on whether trade liberalization promotes growth or not. Some models predict that trade liberalization has a positive effect on growth. Other models predict no effect at all. In addition, not all countries have benefited equally from globalization. In this dissertation, I study the linkages between trade liberalization and economic growth (papers one and two). In papers two and three, I also explore the relationships between globalization, growth and the demand for labor. There is well documented evidence from a number of countries, that the demand for less-skilled labor has decreased in recent decades, and this decrease has resulted in a higher skilled-wage premium, that is, the degree in which the wages of skilled workers exceed less-skilled worker wages. This phenomenon has occurred in several countries, including the U.S. The skilled- wage premium has also increased in Europe, although less dramatically. In paper two, the relationships between trade liberalization, growth and wage inequality are analyzed using an endogenous growth model. The third and final paper is an empirical study on the relationships between the demand for labor and offshoring. More specifically, I examine what happens to the demand for different types of labor (not only skilled and unskilled labor) in the Swedish plants of Swedish multinational enterprises, when these multinationals expand abroad.Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, 2011
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Wang, Xiaoxi. "Understanding Implications of Key Economic Factors for Land Dynamics and Food Systems in a Changing World." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/19916.
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Aufbauend auf dem agrarökonomischen, dynamischen Optimierungsmodell MAgPIE, zeigen die hier vorgestellten Forschungsergebnisse, dass die Governance-Leistung einen bedeutenden Einfluss auf den technologischen Fortschritt und das Wachstum der Flächenproduktivität hat, insbesondere für in der Entwicklung begriffene Regionen wie Lateinamerika, Afrika südlich der Sahara, Südasien und Südostasien. Dies wirkt sich wiederum auf die Landnutzungsdynamik aus, einschließlich der Ausdehnung von Ackerflächen und der Entwaldung. Neben Umweltauswirkungen beeinflusst die Governance-Leistung auch Lebensmittelpreise und das Handelsverhalten, und damit die Existenzgrundlagen vieler Menschen. Darüber hinaus legt die Dissertation nahe, dass sich das globale Produktivitätswachstum trotz unterschiedlicher sozioökonomischer Bedingungen wahrscheinlich fortsetzen wird. Die Größenordnung der Wachstumsrate unter den jeweiligen Bedingungen variiert jedoch, je nach verwendeten Produktivitätsindizes. Unterschiede in den sozioökonomischen Gegebenheiten führen zu einer Zunahme des Produktivitätswachstums im Ackerbau, was tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf die Anbaufläche und die Lebensmittelpreise hat. Nicht zuletzt zeigen die Ergebnisse der Dissertation, dass die Liberalisierung des Agrarhandels negative Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf das landwirtschaftliche Angebot abfedern kann, den Anstieg der Lebensmittelpreise im Zuge von erheblichen klimabedingten Ertragseinbußen begrenzen und die Ausdehnung der Anbauflächen im globalen Maßstab verringern kann. In bestimmten Regionen kann es aufgrund von veränderten Handelsmustern zu einer Ausdehnung der Anbauflächen kommen. In Zusammenschau der Ergebnisse aus den Einzelstudien vertieft die vorliegende Dissertation das Verständnis für potenzielle Zielkonflikte und Synergien von wirtschaftspolitischen Optionen, die darauf abzielen, die Produktionskapazitäten im landwirtschaftlichen Sektor der steigenden Nachfrage entsprechend auszubauen.Building upon an agro-economic dynamic optimization model known as MAgPIE, this dissertation fseeks to enhance representation of the economic factors in the model. The research findings reveal that governance performance has a significant impact on technological progress and land productivity growth, especially for developing regions, such as Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. This, in turn, exerts impacts on land dynamics, including cropland expansion and deforestation. Aside from environmental impacts, governance performance affects livelihoods, as it influences food prices and trade patterns. Moreover, the dissertation suggests that global productivity growth is likely to continue, despite differences in possible socioeconomic conditions. However, the magnitude of the growth rate under each set of conditions will vary, according to different productivity indices. Differences in socioeconomic conditions lead to a spread in productivity growth in the crop sector, which will have profound implications for cropland expansion and food prices. Last but not least, the dissertation argues that liberalizing agricultural trade can buffer negative impacts from climate change on agricultural supply, limit increasing food prices in a scenario of high-end climate impacts on crop yields, and reduce cropland expansion on the global scale, though it may induce cropland expansion in certain regions due to changes in trade patterns. Synthesizing the findings from the individuals studies of which it is comprised, the dissertation is intended to enhance understanding of the trade-offs and synergies of economic options for agricultural outputs to keep pace with increasing demand and, thereby, contribute to the core discussion among agricultural economists on food production and its economic and environmental impacts.
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Taborek, Tanya E. "Short and Long Run Implications of Technological Advancement on Jobs: Theory and Evidence." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/680.
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This paper will address the trends of employment in correlation with technological progress. It will consider generally accepted economic theory as well as classical analysis, mathematical modeling and recent data. It is demonstrated that short-run impacts of technological advancements can cause temporary unemployment due to increased aggregate productivity. Long-run adjustments however can result in job polarization, which in turn results in income inequality. The possible negative impacts on the US economy as a whole are addressed and short-term fixes that could mitigate the undesirable side effects that come from these changes.
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Jolls, Christine M. "The growth of performance-based managerial pay : implications for corporate finance, regulatory policy, and corporate governance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11901.
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Mertens, Michael Mercer. "Implications of Local and Regional Food Systems: Toward a New Food Economy in Portland, Oregon." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1892.
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The local food movement in the Portland Metro Region of Oregon is as prevalent as anywhere in the Country. To a large degree this is driven by the Portland Metro area food culture and the diverse agricultural landscape present in the Willamette Valley and throughout the State. Portlanders demand local food and thus far the rural periphery has been able to provide it; driving a new food economy that has economic implications throughout the region. As this regional food economy emerges much attention has been focused on harnessing its power for economic development perpetuated by the belief that there exists an opportunity to foster a cluster of economic activity pertaining to the production, processing, distribution and sale of regional foods that might generate economic opportunities throughout the value chain.
The research presented here constitutes an attempt to characterize the local and regional food system that currently exists in the Portland Metro Region and to bring to light the opportunities present at the regional scale that link the agricultural periphery to the urban core. I present two different definitions of local and regional food systems and show how these different conceptions have very different implications for economic development. Once defined, I test for differences between local and regional food systems and the export-oriented, agro-food sector by analyzing aspects of geographic space and processes of knowledge accumulation and innovation in the context of aspects of regional economic development such as agglomeration economies, knowledge spillovers, business life cycle and industrial location.
My analysis showed that there are significant differences between local and regional food systems and the export-oriented agro-food industry specific to supply chains, actors and products of the different systems. Furthermore, through spatial analysis, I found that there are differences in terms of the spatial structure and distribution between producers who participate in the different systems. Local and regional producers tend to cluster closer together at smaller scales, are smaller in size and are found to be closer to the urban core. Through a qualitative inquiry I found that this clustering facilitates forces of agglomeration economies specific to food producers who participate in local and regional supply chains, particularly non-pecuniary effects of knowledge accumulation. This underlying structure has significant effects on economic outcomes and as such has implications in terms of regional economic development when local and regional food systems are considered in terms of the city-region.
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Mercado, Maira T. "Changes in the Effects of Determinants of Earnings Inequality and Their Labor Implications in Urban China, 1988 - 2002." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/340.
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This study seeks to analyze the changes in the effects of determinants of earnings inequality and their labor market implications in urban China from 1988 to 2002. It analyzes urban individual data from the 1988, 1995, and 2002 surveys of the China Household Income Project by studying its inequality measures and summary statistics, and by conducting an ordinary least squares regression, quantile regression, and regression-based decomposition analysis. It finds that the labor market has indeed been rewarding human capital variables, in which age and work experience, which are related to seniority, have been decreasing in their contribution to earnings inequality, whereas education and skill-based occupation have been increasing their contributions to earnings inequality. In addition, the labor market has become more discriminatory in terms of gender, which has increased its contribution to earnings inequality, and less discriminatory in terms of minority status and Communist party membership, which have decreased their contributions to earnings inequality. The labor market has also become more segmented in terms of work unit sector, which has increased its contribution to earnings inequality, but has also become less segmented in terms of ownership, which has actually started to contribute to earnings equality. These observations show that urban China’s labor market has been becoming more market-oriented and has been progressing overall, except for its increasing gender discrimination and segmentation by sector.
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Odendaal, Daniel Jacobus. "AGOA III and the proposed Free Trade Agreement between SACU and the USA : implications of a Free Trade Agreement with an industrialised country for SACU." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21982.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The SACU bloc, which accounts for one-half of the subcontinent's GDP, is the largest market for the US exports in SSA (Langton, January 2005). Wide differences exist among the economies of SACU - while SA has developed a significant manufacturing and industrial capacity, the other countries remain dependent on agriculture and mineral extraction. The grouping is dominated by SA, which accounts for 87% of the population, and 93% of the GDP of the customs area. SACU member states had a combined real GDP of $201bn in 2003. Services made up 65% of SA Trade in 2003 and had become a major player. In 2003, SACU was the 32nd largest trading partner of the US with two-way trade equivalent \ $7.3bn. Merchandise imports from SACU totaled $5.6bn in 2003, a 17.3% increase from 2002 and a 126% increase from 1996. They were composed of minerals such as platinum, diamonds, and titanium, textiles and apparel, vehicles, and automotive parts. Major US exports to the region include aircraft, vehicles, computers, and construction and agricultural equipment. Services trade between the US and SA has increased dramatically for both countries, with US exports increasing 154% and service imports from SA increasing by 383% respectively since 1992. The stock of US FDI in SA totaled $3.9bn in 2003 and was centered around manufacturing chemicals and services. The main economic objective of FTAs is to reduce trade barriers between member countries and liberalize trade and investment rules (Kanoute, November 2005). This improves market access which is the key to foreign export earnings and investment. But market access is a door that swings both ways, opening local markets to a flood of imports. This can undermine domestic production and employment, and thus exacerbate poverty. Some US civil society organizations have expressed concern that a SACU FTA could have negative consequences for poor Southern Africans, citing potential adjustment costs for import-competing farmers, poor enforcement of labour rights, privatization of utilities, and increased restrictions on importing generic drugs to treat HIV/AIDS (Langton, January 2005). The proposed FTA is ambitious, especially given the tight deadline and the broad range of topics on the negotiating table (Zunckel, Tralac). These include not only tariffs on goods, as is traditional in trade talks, but the wider global economic panoply of agriculture, rules of origin intellectual property, trade in services, investment, government procurement, trade remedies, labour, environmental standards and trade dispute settlement. The US gains reciprocity by gaining improved access to the SACU market than it currently enjoys under AGOA. The IP and "TRIPS plus" provisions are of particular concern to consumers (www.tralac.org.) Ongoing developments at the multilateral level bode against the advisability of entering into binding bilateral agreements with less favourable provisions on essential medicines. Foreign investment could lead to greater industrialization within SACU and competition within local industry, boosting efficiency. But safeguards and industrial policy must be utilized effectively to protect the region's developmental goals. Reliance on domestic courts as the forum of first instance (and state-to-state dispute settlements should those fail) is preferable, as it allows greater possibilities of defending the public interest of SACU citizens over investors' interests (Langton, January 2005). Reaching consensus on negotiating strategy in SACU is no easy feat. Formal negotiations began in June 2003, but talks have made little progress over the past years. The interests of the five different countries, at differing stages of development, have to be reconciled (Draper. 2004). No doubt SA, with its diverse array of interests relative to its BLNS partners in the customs union, will drive this. SACU negotiators, in common with those in many developing countries, have great difficulty in understanding, let alone mobilizing, their services sectors. Hence they have adopted a defensive posture, favouring liberalization only in those (few) sub-sectors that are well understood. SACU has formally accepted an offer made by the US to progress a so-called trade and investment cooperation agreement (TICA). Prior negotiation will be needed among SACU countries, who clearly have an interest in coordinating its negotiation with other US bilateral negotiating partners (Whalley & Leith, December 2003).
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Zeibots, Michelle E. "Space, time, economics and asphalt : an investigation of induced traffic growth caused by urban motorway expansion and the implications it has for the sustainability of cities /." Electronic version, 2007. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/dspace/handle/2100/609.
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Irshad, Saadia. "Triptyque de libéralisation, mondialisation et financiarisation : implications pour la croissance économique, le développement et la stabilité dans les économies en développement et émergentes." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00971812.
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L'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier le triptyque de la libéralisation, de la mondialisation et de la financiarisation du capitalisme moderne qui a engendré non seulement des conséquences pénibles pour les pays en développement et les économies émergentes au cours des années 1990, mais également une crise dévastatrice pour les économies développées au cours des années 2000 (i.e. des économies "aux systèmes financiers apparemment bien développés "). Dans cette optique, plusieurs corps de recherches théoriques et empiriques ont été identifiés, synthétisés et analysés afin de présenter un débat unique se concentrant sur la nature instable et factice du capitalisme néo-libéral, développé pendant les quatre dernières décennies. Cette thèse a des implications particulières pour la croissance économique et le développement, ainsi que pour la stabilité financière des pays en développement et des économies émergentes, qui ont également adopté ce capitalisme moderne. Par conséquent, cette thèse a été divisée en quatre chapitres. Le premier chapitre traite du lien entre finance et croissance. À cet égard, l'évolution des idées clés, les théories et les recherches empiriques sont présentées pour aboutir à l'analyse de la notion de répression financière, ainsi que ses implications dans les pays en développement et les économies émergentes. Le deuxième chapitre a analysé d'une part les propositions de libéralisation financière, avec un accent particulier sur le Consensus de Washington et la mondialisation financière, et d'autre part l'opposition à la libéralisation financière, en mettant cette fois l'accent sur la critique des structuralistes et des nouveaux institutionnalistes. Le troisième chapitre est, quant à lui, centré sur les implications de la série de crises et de l'instabilité dans la libéralisation et l'ouverture des marchés financiers des économies émergentes d'Asie et d'Amérique latine au cours des années 1990. Enfin, le dernier chapitre aborde l'incidence de la crise actuelle dans les pays développés pour explorer la fragilité des bases de la structure financière mondiale et ses implications dans le cadre de ce capitalisme financier néolibéral, qui exige une structure plus cohérente.
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Williams, Rachael M. "Do geographical indications promote sustainable rural development? : two UK case studies and implications for New Zealand rural development policy." Lincoln University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/585.
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Geographical indications (GIs) are one form of protective labelling used to indicate the origin of food and alcohol products. The role of protected geographical indicators as a promising sustainable rural development tool is the basis for this research. The protection of geographical indications is a rather controversial subject and much research is still required for both sides of the debate. The research method employed for this study is qualitative critical social science. Two Case studies are used to investigate the benefits brought to rural areas through the protection of GIs. The case studies include the GIs Jersey Royal and Welsh Lamb both from the United Kingdom a member of the European Union (the EU is in favour of extended protection of GIs for all agro-food products under the 1994 WTO/TRIPS agreement on geographical indications). Twenty-five indepth interviews were conducted for this study the duration of the interviews was approximately one hour. The study identifies predominantly indirect links between GIs and sustainable rural development, through economic and social benefits bought to rural areas by the GIs investigated - less of a connection was found to ecological elements. No considerable cost for GI protection was discovered. This finding suggests that GIs are worthwhile for implementation in New Zealand as a rural development tool.
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Kalkan, Almina, and Johanna Wiss. "Alleviating poverty with new technology? : A field study of the implications of a new agriculture production methodin Zambia and the factors affecting its adoption." Thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, Economics and Economic History, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-54685.
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New technology and new innovations have for long been considered as a spring for growth. Conservation farming (CF) is a new production method introduced in rural Zambia and previous research shows that it increases yields and improves soil fertility. Even though the method is proven more efficient than conventional agriculture, only approximately 10 % of Zambia’s farmers have adopted the method. The purpose of this study is to discuss the implications of the introduction of CF on the capabilities of farmers and on economic growth. Furthermore, the study aims to explore why CF, which is proven to be more economically efficient than the conventional method, is not adopted to a larger extent in Zambia.
A qualitative study of 25 farmers, farming with either CF or conventional methods, was performed in the region of Mumbwa, Zambia. The results were divided depending on whether the farmers were using the new method or not. To analyze the selected material theories were chosen that regard economic growth and technological change, the adoption process of new innovations, incentive creation and the expansion of capabilities.
The two groups showed differences in age, the size of their land, how many crops they grew and to what extent they were working for others or hiring labor. The conclusion from the small sample of farmers is that the farmers using CF had been able to expand their capabilities in different ways. They had food for all the year, the new method allowed them to plan their time better and it was more environmentally sustainable than the old method. The negative aspect of CF is that it is not compatible with the old method in terms of social norms. CF leads to a more efficient use of capital and labor and therefore it can increase the economic growth. In terms of a new innovation, CF seems to have a relative advantage over the old method but it must be spread to a larger group of farmers to reach a breakthrough. To create a higher adoption rate of the method the farmers’ perception must be taken into account.
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Pirlea, Ana Florina. "Economic growth and corruption." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1020.
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Peng, Baochun. "Entrepreneurship and economic growth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270459.
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Cameron, Gavin. "Innovation and economic growth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338761.
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Temple, Jonathan. "Essays on economic growth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339078.
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Chaudhry, Anita M. "Water and economic growth." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1594493531&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Shalabi, Yasser. "Corruption and Economic Growth." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-44065.
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In the last two or three decades, corruption has become a noticeable issue in many countries, especially in developing countries where it has serious effects on the economy. In this paper, the effect of corruption on economic growth will be examined through literature and researches that involve the effect of corruption in economic growth followed by cross-sectional regression analysis to the issue. The focus will be on how much corruption and how much corruption control are present for each country. other different variables that could be expected to affect the economic growth for this period will also, be examined. To answer this question, corruption control as an independent variable while economic growth is the dependent variable will be examined. The second question would be to study corruption control as a dependent variable while using a set of variables as independent variables and see how much they would affect corruption control. Finally, a case study that draws a comparison between the economy in Germany and South Korea where the results from the empirical part will be applied to the two countries and the difference between the true reported numbers and the numbers from the OLS equations will be checked and explained. From all the directions been taken to study the subject “literatures, empirical and case study “ the results showed that corruption activities have negative effects on economic growth and although it might be in some cases shown to be insignificant, however, it is very important to minimize the corruption activities by boosting variables such as corruption control, rule of law, stability and also education as it is shown that the more years of education will decrease the levels of corruption in some cases. The conclusion here will be, although corruption may have more effects in some economies more than others, to combat corruption that will take a global effort. The countries that may not suffer greatly from it may be caught in the cost of cleaning it by having to support failed economies. Or worse, corruption may be increased to levels that it could not be ignored.
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Thompson, Jonathan. "Culture and Economic Growth." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19268.
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The most fundamental question in economics is what causes some countries to prosper. An emerging literature has focused on the role of culture in determining growth. I interpret culture as "the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from those of another," following Hofstede. I focus on the role of culture in determining economic decision making and cooperation, with an emphasis on how cross-cultural differences in how strangers are viewed may influence economic activity by narrowing the scope of interaction.
I use modern econometric techniques and neoclassical economic models to formalize the role of culture in economic decision making and test the power of culture to explain cross-country differences in long run growth paths. Throughout my research I assume that agents behave rationally but that culture influences the expectations or beliefs they have about different activities.
Subject to the common elements above, each chapter answers a slightly different question. Chapter II focuses on how colonial history may influence decisions over risk-taking in certain countries, leading to a dearth of entrepreneurial activity. Chapter III focuses on how interactions across and between cultural groups may explain the decision of minority immigrant groups to assimilate or segregate over time and how public policy may influence this decision making. Chapter IV looks at the effect of culture through the media of trust and government. Using an instrumental variables strategy, I ask which is more important to economic development, contract quality or interpersonal trust, and find strong evidence that interpersonal trust is more important.
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Vasconcelos, Rafael da Silva. "Essays on economic growth." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/13015.
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This dissertation is a conjunction of three essays on the economic growth field. The first essay investigates the existence of resource misallocation in the Brazilian manufacturing sector and measures possible distortions in it. The second essay demonstrate that there is a distinct pattern of structural change between economies and this pattern differs because there are some factors that distort the relative prices and also affect the output productivity. Finally, using a cross-industry cross-country approach, the third essay investigates the existence of an optimal level of competition to enhance economic growth.
Essa tese é composta por três ensaios sobre crescimento econômico. O primeiro ensaio investiga a existência de resource misallocation no setor manufatureiro brasileiro e mensura as possíveis distorções ocasionadas. O segundo ensaio demonstra que existe um padrão de mudança estrutural distinto entre países e esse padrão difere porque existem fatores que distorcem os preços relativos e que também afetam a produtividade do produto. Por último, usando uma abordagem cross-industry cross-country, o terceiro ensaio investiga a existência de um nível ótimo de competição que eleve o crescimento econômico.
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Senouci, Mehdi. "Essays on Economic Growth." Paris, EHESS, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014EHES0090.
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Cette thèse se compose de cinq chapitres (principalement théoriques) sur la croissance économique. Nous abordons à la fois les questions de moyen terme et les questions de long terme. Tous les modèles présentés sont de structure néoclassique et sont animés par une forme de changement technique associée au capital physique. Les quatre premiers chapitres analysent le comportement des modèles de croissance néoclassiques sous progrès technique spécifique à l'investissement. Le cinquième chapitre introduit une autre représentation du changement technique dans les modèles de croissance néoclassiques. Le chapitre 1 analyse les conséquences de chocs technologiques spécifiques à l'investissement (c'est-à-dire sous changement technique dans la production du bien d'investissement). Le chapitre 2 aborde la question malthusienne des conséquences démographiques du changement technique dans un modèle de croissance à générations imbriquées comprenant le facteur terre, la fertilité endogène et plusieurs directions de l'augmentation de la productivité. Le chapitre 3 (co-écrit avec Gwenaël Moysan) présente de nouveaux résultats sur les fonctions de production néoclassiques à deux intrants, et les utilise pour traiter le modèle de Solow avec changement technologique augmentateur de capital (ou spécifique à l'investissement). Le chapitre 4 étudie la direction endogène du progrès technique (augmentateur de travail contre spécifique à l'investissement) dans le modèle de Ramsey en temps discret avec fonction d'utilité logarithmique. Le chapitre 5 montre comment l'hypothèse de Habakkuk ainsi que les faits de Kaldor peuvent être expliqués par une nouvelle forme de changement technologiqueThis thesis consists of five (mostly theoretical) chapters on economic growth. We address both medium- and long-run issues. All the models presented are of neoclassical structure and are animated by some forms of technical change related to physical capital. The first four chapters analyze the behavior of neoclassical growth models under investment-specific technical change — i. E. Under technical change in the production of the investment good. The fifth chapter introduces another representation of technical change in neoclassical growth models. Chapter 1 analyses the consequences of investment-specific technological shocks on the golden rule steady state. Chapter 2 addresses the Malthusian issue of the demographic consequences of technical change in an overlapping-generations model of growth with land, endogenous fertility and multiple directions of productivity growth. Chapter 3 (co-written with Gwenael Moysan) presents new results on neoclassical two-inputs production functions, and uses them to treat the Solow model with capital-augmenting (or investment-specific) technological change. Chapter 4 investigates the endogenous direction of technical change-— labor-augmenting vs. Investment-specific— in the discrete-time Ramsey framework with log utility. Chapter 5 shows how the Habakkuk hypothesis and the Kaldor facts can be rationalized through a new form of technological change
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Yoo, Dongwoo. "Institutions and Economic Growth." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306863145.
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Wang, Chengang. "Openness and economic growth." Thesis, Aston University, 2003. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10758/.
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The themes of this thesis are that international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) are closely related and that they have varying impacts on economic growth in countries at different stages of development. The thesis consists of three empirical studies. The first one examines the causal relationship between FDI and trade in China. The empirical study is based on a panel of bilateral data for China and 19 home countries/regions over the period 1984-98. The specific feature of the study is that econometric techniques designed specially for panel data are applied to test for unit roots and causality. The results indicate a virtuous procedure of development for China. The growth of China’s imports causes growth in inward FDI from a home country/region, which in turn causes the growth of exports from China to the home country/region. The growth of exports causes the growth of imports. This virtuous procedure is the result of China’s policy of opening to the outside world. China has been encouraging export-oriented FDI and reducing trade barriers. Such policy instruments should be further encouraged in order to enhance economic growth. In the second study, an extended gravity model is constructed to identify the main causes of recent trade growth in OECD countries. The specific features include (a) the explicit introduction of R&D and FDI as two important explanatory variables into an augmented gravity equation; (b) the adoption of a panel data approach, and (c) the careful treatment of endogeneity. The main findings are that the levels and similarities of market size, domestic R&D stock and inward FDI stock are positively related to the volume of bilateral trade, while the geographical distance, exchange rate and relative factor endowments, has a negative impact. These findings lend support to new trade, FDI and economic growth theories. The third study evaluates the impact of openness on growth in different country groups.