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Friday, December 24, 2010
Poverty, Entrepreneurship, and Development
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Despite having far more people in developing countries (in proportional terms) engaged in entrepreneurial activities, and having their entre...
Thursday, December 23, 2010
African Exports Successes
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We establish the following stylized facts: (1) Exports are characterized by Big Hits, (2) the Big Hits change from one period to the ne...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The cost of corruption in developing countries
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Developing countries lose between $20 billion and $40 billion each year to bribery, embezzlement, and other corrupt practices. Over the pas...
Getting investment in infrastructure right
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Investment in infrastructure can raise productivity, boost growth, and help reduce poverty. And, lack of infrastructure has been one of the ...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
AGOA, exports and value-addition
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Lawrence Edward and Robert Z Lawrence argue that while AGOA helped Africa LDCs cope with the shock of the end of MFA and compete with stron...
Subsidy Success: Fertilizer in Malawi
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Thanks largely to the subsidy Malawi has had seven years of economic growth, based on agriculture, which has had a major impact on reduc...
Monday, December 20, 2010
What determines food aid to developing countries?
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Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian argue that food aid is determined by recipient country’s food shortages. But, food aid from some of the largest ...
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