International Journal of Development Issues: Volume 6 Issue 2

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Consumption and macroeconomic policies: Evidence of asymmetry in developing countries

Magda Kandil, Ida Aghdas Mirzaie

The paper aims to examine asymmetry in the cyclical behavior of private consumption in a sample of nine developing countries in the Middle East.

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Long‐run growth and productivity changes in Uruguay: Evidence from aggregate and industry level data

Carlos Casacuberta, Nestor Gandelman, Raimundo Soto

The economic performance of Uruguay in the last 50 years has been disappointing. Annual growth in labor productivity has been lower than the rest of the Latin American economies…

Social development in the Tibet Autonomous Region: A contemporary and historical analysis

Reza Hasmath, Jennifer Hsu

This paper seeks to historically examine social development outcomes in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in respect to poverty eradication, education and employment, health care…

Economic and political inequality and the quality of public goods

Sripad Motiram, Jeffrey B. Nugent

To formalize and test the hypotheses that economic and political inequality tend to lower the quality of public education and thereby the overall quality of education in…

Lawlessness and economic governance: the case of hawala system in Somalia

Abdirashid A. Ismail

The purpose of this paper is to describe how informal money transfer system known as hawala works in Somalia. The paper also intends to contribute to the current debate on the…

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ISSN:

1446-8956

Online date, start – end:

2003

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Dilip Dutta