Essays about: "economic catch-up"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words economic catch-up.

  1. 1. Rise of the Rwandan economy post-genocide: will this lead to catch-up growth?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Romeo Ramaekers; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic growth; Sub-Saharan Africa; Structural Transformation; Services; Catch-up growth; Human Capital; Information and Communication Technology; Labour Productivity; Rwanda.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. Growth and Resilience Theory: A new way of conceptualising convergence dynamics.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anthony Smythe; [2022]
    Keywords : Economic Development; Growth; Shrinking; Resilience; Convergence; Divergence; Catch-up; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 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 institutionen

    Author : Rebeca Anahí Sánchez Enríquez; [2022]
    Keywords : Shrinking; resilience; catch-up; social capability; social capabilities; Ecuador; Latin America; South America; economic development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. 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 nationalekonomi

    Author : Santiago Benguria; [2022]
    Keywords : synthetic control method; quasi-experimental study; earthquake; Chile; natural disasters;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 5. Climate mitigation potential of the Swedish forest under different forest management regimes and levels of substitution effect

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kristian Tufvesson; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; forest management; scenario analysis; climate mitigation; sequestration; substitution;

    Abstract : The Swedish forest is currently being debated as to how it should be managed to provide climate mitigation. Forest management can contribute to climate mitigation in mainly two ways. READ MORE