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Light Manufacturing in Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 185

Light Manufacturing in Africa

This book argues that light manufacturing can offer a viable solution for Sub-Saharan Africa, given potential competitiveness based on low wage costs and an abundance of natural resources that supply raw materials needed for industries.

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Pacific Rim
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 753

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Pacific Rim

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014
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  • Publisher: Unknown

"A survey of the economy of the Pacific Rim region"--

Growth and Jobs in Developing Economies: Trends and Cycles
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 26

Growth and Jobs in Developing Economies: Trends and Cycles

This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and job creation in developing economies with a focus on low and lower middle-income countries along two dimensions: growth patterns and short-run correlations. Analysis on growth patterns shows that regime changes are quite common in both economic growth and employment growth, yet they are not synchronized with each other. Okun’s Law—the short-run relationship between output and labor market—holds in half of the countries in our sample and shows considerable cross-country heterogeneity.

The Quest for Prosperity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

The Quest for Prosperity

Justin Yifu Lin's groundbreaking account of how developing countries can help themselves—now fully updated How can developing countries grow their economies? Most answers to this question center on what the rich world should or shouldn't do for the poor world. In The Quest for Prosperity, Justin Yifu Lin—the first non-Westerner to be chief economist of the World Bank—focuses on what developing nations can do to help themselves. Lin examines how the countries that have succeeded in developing their own economies have actually done it. Interwoven with insights, observations, and stories from Lin’s travels as chief economist of the World Bank and his reflections on China’s rise, this book provides a road map and hope for those countries engaged in their own quest for prosperity.

Financing Africa's Cities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 378

Financing Africa's Cities

This volume addresses the issues of financing urban growth of the African continent -- which has the highest urban growth rate on the planet -- in the next decades. Considerable investment will be needed to sustain this level of growth and to clear up accumulated backlogs. At the same time, decentralization has resulted in increased responsibilities for local government; but in most cases, institutional reforms were carried out without the transfer of a sufficient level of resources, and local capacities in governance and project management are weak. Which mechanisms will finance these extensive needs, and how will African local governments meet these needs? Specifics on how to finance Afric...

The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

The Informal Sector in Francophone Africa

  • Categories: Law

This book provides a detailed description and analysis of: the characteristics and functioning of informal sector firms; the causes of the pervasiveness of these firms; the relations between formal and informal firms; the consequences of informality for economic development; and appropriate policy responses.

Agriculture and the Transition to the Market
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 30

Agriculture and the Transition to the Market

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Are High Real Interest Rates Bad for World Economic Growth?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 37

Are High Real Interest Rates Bad for World Economic Growth?

The conventional wisdom says yes. But close examination suggests the answer is not nearly so clear-cut.

Reflections on Credit Policy in Developing Contries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 32

Reflections on Credit Policy in Developing Contries

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Trade Policy and Market Access Issues for Developing Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 92

Trade Policy and Market Access Issues for Developing Countries

An analysis of developing countries' current trade policies and market access problems is used as a basis for recommending positions for these countries in the new round of multilateral negotiations under the World Trade Organization.