Diversity in economic growth [electronic resource] : global insights and explanations / edited by Gary McMahon, Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Lyn Squire.
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TextSeries: Global development network seriesPublication details: Cheltenham [England] ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2009Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 423 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.)ISBN: 9781781007822 (e-book)Subject(s): Economic development | Economic development -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 338.9 LOC classification: HD82 | .D5175 2009Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-410) and index.
1. Understanding economic growth in specific contexts : an overview of the first phase of Global Research Project "Explaining growth" / Hadi Salehi Esfahani -- 2. Explaining East Asian growth : converting potential into actual growth / Peter Warr -- 3. Explaining growth in South Asia / Siddiqur Osmani -- 4. Economic growth in Latin America in the twentieth century / Gary McMahon -- 5. Understanding common trends and variations in the growth experience of MENA countries / Hadi Salehi Esfahani -- 6. Explaining four decades of growth in Sub-Saharan Africa / Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Ernest Aryeetey -- 7. Growth experience and prospects of Central and Eastern European countries : a synthesis / Jan Fidrmuc, Mark Chandler and Julius Horvath -- 8. Explaining economic growth in the commonwealth of independent states / Gur Ofer and Richard Pomfret -- 9. Diversity in growth experiences : the role of substitutes for the fundamentals / Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Gary McMahon and Lyn Squire.
Economists have long relied on cross-country regression analysis to identify the determinants of continued growth, but with only limited success. This book demonstrates the value of a different approach.
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