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Sub-Saharan Africa had a manufacturing renaissance in 2010s – it’s a promising sign for the years ahead
by
Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel Mensah, Hagen Kruse,
Kunal Sen
February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economy, with world output contracting at 3.5% in 2020, and no recovery likely before the fourth...
Blog
Have you heard about the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database?
by
Gaaitzen de Vries
January 2021
On 17 February 2021 the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) and UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD) will be launched. The new...
Blog
Can natural resources jump-start industrialization?
by
John Page
January 2019
At the end of last year, I filmed a lecture that will be part of a massive open online course (MOOC) on industrialization in Africa. The course is...
Working Paper
Pecuniary returns to working conditions in Vietnam
Using matched worker-firm data from three waves of the Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprises data, we examine whether workers are compensated with higher wages for working in vulnerable jobs and unfavourable working conditions. Wage equations indicate...
Blog
‘Industrial’ policy in the 21st century
by
John Page
October 2018
During the past week, I participated in two international conferences. The first was the WIDER Development Conference in Helsinki: Think development -...
Project
Property rights regimes, microeconomic incentives, and development
Theme: 2000-01
A property rights regime covers rights to use, lease, donate, bequest, and sell assets or collect the incomes generated by assets. A clear and transparent property rights regime facilitates investment and economic growth. While private property is...
Project
Unlocking human potential conference
Theme: 2004-05
Conferences: 17 September 2004 EGDI-WIDER Conference on Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors
Project
International mobility of talent
Theme: 2004-05
International development in the era of globalization needs an effective transfer of knowledge and human capital from the main centres of knowledge creation to developing countries for supporting their growth and development process. Most of the new...
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