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... infant mortality, or an index,suchas HALE—arealso found tobe very closely correlated with GDP. Figures 1.1, 1.2,1.3, and 1.4 testify to the high correlation between percapita GDP and other measures of development. The.
... infant mortality, or an index,suchas HALE—arealso found tobe very closely correlated with GDP. Figures 1.1, 1.2,1.3, and 1.4 testify to the high correlation between percapita GDP and other measures of development. The.
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... tobe zero. However, traditional decision makingimplies thatoutput will be shared withthe surplus workers. This sortof model operatesin the following manner.Saving, investment, and capital accumulation occur in the modernsector. Growth ...
... tobe zero. However, traditional decision makingimplies thatoutput will be shared withthe surplus workers. This sortof model operatesin the following manner.Saving, investment, and capital accumulation occur in the modernsector. Growth ...
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... tobe invested in the creation of knowledge. This usually involves dramatic and large initial orsetup costs (economists itis labelthisa“fixed cost,” because the same regardlessofthelevelof output). After those costs are borne, the ...
... tobe invested in the creation of knowledge. This usually involves dramatic and large initial orsetup costs (economists itis labelthisa“fixed cost,” because the same regardlessofthelevelof output). After those costs are borne, the ...
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Contents
Growth Versus Development HistoryofDevelopment Theory | |
References | |
European Emergence Growth Duringthe IndustrialRevolution | |
Protoindustrialization and Trade | |
Exploitation and Slavery The Evolutionand Role of Political Institutions | |
Recent Experience | |
The Chinese Experience | |
Explanation forDifferent ReformPaths Recent Chinese Experience | |
Urban Bias and Migration | |
Lineage Groups Fertility andthe Transition Demographic | |
Role of the Government What We Have Learned | |
Population Growth the Commitment Problem | |
TheMiddle East and North Africa | |
The Emergence of NationStates Petroleum Exports and the Petroleum Exporters | |
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