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On exports and economic growth
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In this article, the authors analyzed the sources of growth in the period 1964-1973 for a group of semi-industrialized less developed countries and developed an analytical framework, incorporating the possibility that marginal factor productivities are not equal in the export and non-export sectors of the economy.About:
This article is published in Journal of Development Economics.The article was published on 1983-02-01. It has received 1714 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Economic sector & Export performance.read more
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Agricultural exports and economic growth: Empirical evidence from the major rice exporting countries
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the evidence of the export-Led growth in major rice exporting countries using the extended production model and paid special attention to sectoral exports, which are specified as non-Agricultural, agricultural(excluding rice exports), and rice exports.
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Regional Integration and Trade Costs in South Asia
Nilanjan Banik,John Gilbert +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the current state of regional trade in South Asia, specifically the South Asia Association for Economic Cooperation (SAARC), and present a set of recommendations to facilitate trade in the region.
An examination of FDI and growth nexus in Bangladesh: engle granger and bound testing cointegration approach
TL;DR: In this article, the authors attempted at finding the long run relationship or cointegration between foreign direct investment and economic growth for Bangladesh using time series data of 1973-2007, and they found that FDI and GDP was not cointegrated.
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Incentive structure, civil service efficiency and the hidden economy in Nigeria
TL;DR: In Nigeria, the civil service remains inefficient and incapable of reforming itself, let alone the rest of the economy as mentioned in this paper, even though successive governments in Nigeria have introduced reforms aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of civil service.
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Export composition and Spanish economic growth: evidence from the 20th century
TL;DR: A structural analysis of different export sectors and their possible relationship with the Spanish economic growth during the 20th century is presented in this article, where two singular periods characterised by the important change of strategy for Spain's economic policy are examined.
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Exports and economic growth: Further evidence
Bela Balassa,Bela Balassa +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between exports and economic growth in 11 developing countries that have already established an industrial base was analyzed, adjusting for domestic and foreign investment and for increases in the labor force that affect total exports.
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Growth and export expansion in developing countries: Some empirical evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the empirical relationship between economic growth and export expansion in developing countries as observed through an intercountry cross-section was analyzed, and the results indicated that export performance was important, along with capital formation, in explaining the intercountry variance in GDP growth rates during the 1960-1977 period.
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Trade Policy as an Input to Development
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the question: what difference does the set of commercial policies chosen by a developing country make to its rate of economic growth, and the empirical evidence overwhelmingly indicates that there are important links between them.