This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, using a broad approach that compares countries with respect to their business environment, competition, and managerial...
This paper examines the theoretical and empirical evidence for the hypothesis that manufacturing is the main engine of growth in developing countries. The paper opens with an overview of the main arguments supporting the engine of growth hypothesis...
Purposeful, well-targeted and successful transformation policies will be elusive for a country or region that does not understand the relative importance of its sectoral sources of growth. This study aims at eliciting our understanding in this...
We estimate the carbon intensity of industries, products and households in South Africa using data from a high resolution supply-use table. Direct and indirect carbon usage is measured using multiplier methods that capture inter-industry linkages and...
In this paper, we explore the link between firm productivity and exporting using three firm level datasets of 1323 Tunisian manufacturing firms from 2004 to 2006. In particular, we examine whether more productive firms self-select into export markets...
Over the past forty years, industry and business interests have moved increasingly from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa’s share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry...
In the past, research on changes in relative importance among broad three sectors—agriculture, industry, and service—showed general patterns of a country’s structural transformation along with economic development. However, there has been devoid of...
Purposeful, well-targeted and successful transformation policies will be elusive for a country or region that does not understand the relative importance of its sectoral sources of growth. This study aims at eliciting our understanding in this...
Offers information about how three developed countries have utilized technology in their advancement in the post-World War II period. Japan, Finland and Greece are assessed in terms of economic growth and structural factors, along with an examination...
This book examines the role of trade policy in industrialization. In particular, it investigates the ways in which the characteristics of a developing country's domestic industrial sector--for example, oligopolistic markets, the position of foreign...
Part of Journal Special Issue Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
How do foreign trade and foreign direct investment affect regional inequality? Foreign trade and investment may affect internal economic geography, and the resulting industry agglomeration may contribute to regional inequality. This paper provides...
Part of Book Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. While it is possible for...
Schumepterian growth theory stresses the role of structural change in long run growth. Countries which increase the share of technology-intensive sectors in their economic structures benefit more from technological learning and innovation. In...
Part of Book Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
Under the current international economic conditions, where Asian countries are strong competitors in the manufacturing commodities, low-income countries like Mozambique could attempt to compete in industries without smokestacks. Fruits and vegetables...
Part of Book Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development
Part of Book Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development
Part of Book Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development
Part of Book Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development
Part of Book Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Technological Transformation in the Third World
Part of Book Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy
Part of Book Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development
Part of Book The End of Military Fordism
Part of Book The End of Military Fordism
Part of Book The End of Military Fordism
Part of Book The End of Military Fordism
At the UNU-WIDER Inequality conference September 2014 we interviewed Murray Leibbrandt, Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town on...
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