Tag: Developing Economies

Saturday Links

Jun 8, 2013

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Christian Life, Culture, Demography, Economic Development, Economic News, Generations, Links – Saturday, Microenterprise, Religion, Science, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Vocation, Wealth and Income

1. Loved this one: 22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other. Here is one example. 2. In print and on stage, the Bible makes surprise comeback in secular Norway 3. Japan enters the African aid game: Japan $1 billion aid earmarked for northern Africa 4. The Economist had a…
The lion kings?

Jan 6, 2011

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mwkruse

in Africa, China, Economic Development, Economic News, India, South America, Trends: Economic

Economist: The lion kings? Africa is now one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. MUCH has been written about the rise of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the shift in economic power eastward as Asia outruns the rest of the world. But the surprising success story of the past decade lies elsewhere. An…
Which institutions matter for economic growth?

Sep 25, 2007

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Economics

Vox: Which institutions matter for economic growth? So which institutions matter for economic growth? South African institutional development suggests that government efforts to stimulate growth by revising the institutional framework (such as labour laws and marketing regulations) are largely ineffective in the long run. Nor is it important whether legal disputes are resolved in the…

Tag: Developing Economies

Saturday Links

The lion kings?

Which institutions matter for economic growth?