Economy Volume 28 2002 Pages 109-126 The Role of FDI in Economic Development Kjetil Bjorvatn Hans Jarle Kind Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås This article can be dowloaded from: http://www.nopecjournal.org/NOPEC_2002_a08.pdf Other articles from the Nordic Journal of Political Economy can be found at: http://www.nopecjournal.org Kjetil Bjorvatn NHH‚ Hans Jarle Kind‚ SNF and Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås‚ SNF* The Role of FDI in Economic Development This paper deals with two questions: First‚ what are the
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The People’s Republic of China was established in 1949 and has always aimed at achieving high rates of economic growth as well as transforming their economy into an industrial economy. In the last few decades‚ the world’s most populous nation has liberalised its economy and gone from producing low-quality and simple exports to sophisticated high-technology goods while attracting nearly $500 Billion in foreign direct investment (FDI). The Chinese government also implemented many strategies to do this
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Sustainable development has been a topic of discussions and debates among government officials‚ business professionals and other members of the society since the beginning of globalization more than two decades ago. Numerous attempts around the world‚ including Good Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility‚ have been made to ensure sustainable development. In this essay‚ an alternative approach to sustainable development called the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy is introduced. Although the
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Economic development has to occur after a period of sustained economic growth. It is therefore the growth in total economic output accompanied by changes in the structure of the economy. There are many barriers to economic development in Ghana. Eight of them are discussed below: First and foremost‚ Ghana like most developing countries is enriched with natural resources or deposits but the human capital is not able to transform them to achieve rapid economic growth and development. For economic
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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‚ in its complexity‚ inflation is a monetary imbalance caused by increasing the amount of money in the economy and hence the declining purchasing power of the currency. Ludwig von Mises explained the
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of financial liberalisation (FL) on economic development in less developed countries (LDC). The paper is divided into several sections; the first examines the concept of financial repression and the second introduces the Mckinnon-Shaw thesis of financial liberalisation; section three looks at the critique of Mckinnon-Shaw thesis. This paper presents some evidence that will indicate a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic development (e.g. growth rate). However‚ this relationship
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LECTURER: MR. MASINDE TASK: A DISCUSSION OF THE ROSTOW FIVE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT GROPU MEMBERS NAME REGISTRATION NUMBER SIGNATURE NYABUTO MEPHINE BWARI E37/1523/2011 ……………………… BARAZA A. DANIEL E37/1625/2011 ……………………… LUMONYE FAITH JUMA E35S/11325/2010 ……………………… DOUGHLAS NYAKUNDI E37/1509/2011 ……………………… FREDDICK ACHACH E37/1614/2011 ……………………… Rostow’s five stages of Development This theory was written by Walt Whiteman Rostow. In 1960 he suggested countries
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China’s Economic Growth and Development China is presently the world’s largest economy in relation to its population of 1.3 billion. The country is currently a socialist economy ruled by a Communist Government‚ with significant structural changes impacting its economy as a result of the high rate of growth over the past decades. Its economy is in the transition phase‚ moving from being a centrally planned economy to a system based more on the market. A socialist or market economy can be defined
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Culture: a vehicle for economic development Cultural industries: Culture is a powerful global economic engine generating jobs and income with a value of US $1.3 trillion in 2005. Global cultural industries account for more than 7% g global GDP During the 1990s‚ the cultural industries grew at an annual rate twice that of service industries and four times that of manufacturing in OECD countries (2009 UWR). However‚ infrastructure investments are needed in the South to enhance and support cultural
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The entrepreneur who is a business leader looks for ideas and puts them into effect in fostering economic growth and development. Entrepreneurship is one of the most important input in the economic development of a country. The entrepreneur acts as a trigger head to give spark to economic activities by his entrepreneurial decisions. He plays a pivotal role not only in the development of industrial sector of a country but also in the development of farm and service
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