Essays about: "catch-up growth"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words catch-up growth.
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1. Rise of the Rwandan economy post-genocide: will this lead to catch-up growth?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract: This thesis examines the concept of sustainable economic growth in post-genocide Rwanda, focusing on its structural transformation from the agricultural sector towards the service sector. This exploration essentially regards the implications for catch-up growth in light of the new notion of premature deindustrialisation. READ MORE
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2. Growth and Resilience Theory: A new way of conceptualising convergence dynamics.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Recent studies have highlighted how building resilience to ‘shrinking’ episodes, as opposed to increasing growth rates, appears to be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to between-country income convergence. All economies seem to be able to grow, but few countries have been able to drastically improve their shrinking patterns, which has underpinned the divergence often argued in literature. READ MORE
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3. Are Ecuador’s social capabilities progressing and developing resilience to shrinking? A regional comparative study, 1970-2020
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : New research suggests that the key to explaining the development gap might be resilience to shrinking instead of increasing growth rates. Latin America is considered an improving region from the growth rate point of view in development, but not so much from the shrinking perspective. READ MORE
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4. Countergradient variation and compensatory growth in Moor frog (Rana arvalis) along a replicated latitudinal gradient
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildningAbstract : For evolution to occur over time, it is necessary for animals and plants to show phenotypic variation. If the individuals within populations of a species do not show observable differences among themselves, there will be a lack of driving force for natural selection to act on and decide which characteristic gets inherited from one generation to the next. READ MORE
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5. Shaky Growth: Chile's earthquake and its effect on GDP. Did the 2010 earthquake change Chile's growth path? Evidence of a synthetic control study
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This quasi-experimental study analyses the effects of the 2010 Chile earthquake and finds an effect GDP per capita in the years following the event, by using the synthetic control method. After the shock, the country experienced an increase of 7% on GDP per capita on average, an effect which is significant yet only transitory as Chile and its counterfactual catch up again 5 years after the event. READ MORE