surveys recent models of growth and trade in search of descriptions of technologies that are consistent with episodes of very rapid income growth. Emphasis is placed on the on-the-job accumulation of human capital: learning by doing. Possible connections between learning rates and international trade are discussed. KEYWORDS: Growth‚ productivity‚ on-the-job training‚ learning.
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INTRODUCTION Economic growth is the main goal of every nation around the world. To develop globalization among countries‚ to produce more products‚ to increase wages‚ to create a higher level of education‚ to build infrastructures‚ to improve technology‚ to have a better life; are what all the people strive for. But in doing all that‚ does that mean that people are living a better life? Or is it just the ideal of doing better? Taking a look at it closely‚ the effects of economic growth are more on
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION I.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO STUDY According to Wikipedia encyclopedia‚ Economic growth refers to the increase in the amount of goods produced by a country; this is a measure of the economic performance of the country while government expenditure is refered to as an outflow resources from government to other sectors of the economy‚ government expenditure (or government spending) includes all government consumption
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CFGB 6302 Money and Banking MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTANCY UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR‚ MALAYSIA Exploring the Nexus: Exchange rate‚ Inflation‚ Interest and Economic Growth in Malaysia LECTURER: DR CHAN SOK GEE Semester 2‚ 2012/2013 Group Members: No. 1 2 3 4 5 Name Ijaz Ur Rehman Rene Tan Nor Hamizan Bt Mohamad Ishar Dk Hjh Faizahanim Noor Faraliza Mohamad Noor Matrix No. CHA 120013 CGA 120061 CGA 120071 CGA 110120
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BDMF7053: GLOBAL ECONOMIC THEORIES AND ISSUES SEMESTER 1 2012/2013 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN MALAYSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH BY: RODZIAH AHMAD (S93935) FOR: PROF. DR. K KUPURAN VISWANATHAN DATE SUBMISSION: 10 JANUARY 2013 Introduction Foreign direct investment (FDI) means an international capital flows in which a firm in one country creates or expands a subsidiary in another (Krugman & Obstfeld‚ 2006). Directly‚ it means the subsidiary not only has the financial
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component of the structural reform process and globalization strategy in many economies. Several developing and transition economies have embarked on extensive privatization programmes in the last one and a half decades or so‚ as a means of fostering economic growth‚ attaining macroeconomic stability‚ and reducing public sector borrowing requirements arising from corruption‚ subsidies and subventions to unprofitable SOEs. By the end of 1996‚ all but five countries in Africa had divested some public enterprises
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Just last month‚ a major summit was held at the United Nations headquarters to review the progress made by countries on the Millennium Development Goals MDGs‚ especially in view of the fact that 10 of the 15 years target set by the world body for attaining the target have just reeled by with the attendant skepticisms as to whether it is indeed realizable. 10 years after this noble initiative to improve the lot of mankind‚ the debate has continued on whether these impoverished countries‚ the primary
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POLICY AND NIGERIAN ECONOMIC GROWTHOmitogun Olawunmi and Ayinla‚ Tajudeen A. Department of Economics Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ Ago-Iwoye Abstract This paper has examined empirically the contribution of fiscal policy in the achievement of sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Using the Solow growth model estimated with the use of Ordinary Least Square method‚ it was found that fiscal policy has not been effective in the area of promoting sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Although‚ the finding
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THESIS STATEMENT Inflation‚ as defined in the English dictionary‚ is “a persistent‚ substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency‚ which is usually measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI)”. In the context of market economy‚ prices are showing the application so it can be said that inflation is caused by a “mismatch” between aggregate demand and aggregate supply‚ signaling economic imbalance. However
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Government should provide more affordable housing Wei Guo #0233240 In contemporary society‚ the average income growth rapidly in China‚ but people’s lives is still puzzled by a vast number of issues. For example‚ housing problem is one of the most serious problems which affect all over the world‚ especially in China. However‚ average income for people growth rapidly‚ there is still a vast number of people do not have abilities to buy a house. Therefore‚ we should figure out how we can tackle the
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