Globalization and development: rethinking interventions and governance
In: Routledge studies in development economics 102
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In: Routledge studies in development economics 102
In: Current African issues 40
In: WPS 99-20
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In: Forum for development studies: journal of Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Norwegian Association for Development, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 133-139
ISSN: 1891-1765
In: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization; Theory and Practice of Foreign Aid, S. 289-311
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 40, Heft 3, S. 115-141
ISSN: 0022-0388
This paper uses firm-level panel data for the manufacturing sector in four African countries to estimate the effect of exporting on efficiency. Estimating simultaneously a production function and an export regression that control for unobserved firm effects, it finds both significant efficiency gains from exporting, supporting the learning-by-exporting hypothesis, and evidence for self-selection of more efficient firms into exporting. The evidence of learning-by-exporting suggests that Africa has much to gain from orientating its manufacturing sector towards exporting. (InWent/DÜI)
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In: From Conflict to Recovery in Africa, S. 106-122
Can African countries learn from the development experiences of other regions? Or are the continent's development challenges unique? This paper looks at the development experience of the Nordic countries, especially Sweden, from the nineteenth century and discusses the extent to which the observed patterns of development could have relevance for Africa. The paper argues that poverty is not immutable. Nordic countries were for centuries a poor agrarian outpost at the European periphery and yet via the development of institutions, establishment of a culture of political inclusion and social compassion have managed to raise the welfare of their population to among the highest in the world. The paper also argues that the ability to develop internal capacities for administration as well as institutional flexibility have been crucial for Nordic prosperity.
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In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 33, Heft 6, S. 874-875
ISSN: 0022-0388
In: Economic Crisis in Africa
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 14, Heft 9, S. 1151-1160
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 14, Heft 9, S. 1151-1160
ISSN: 0305-750X
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