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The role of ICT adoption in curbing corruption in developing countries
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Springer International Publishing
, 2017 , Book chapter)
Corruption is regarded as a major problem impeding development potentialities, and curbing it is a leading challenge for developing countries. This chapter assesses the possibilities of ICT adoption as a powerful tool for ...
The finance-growth nexus: Which factors can interfere?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The financial sector's role in economic growth is heavily contested by economists. Some argue that economic growth is not caused by finance, but that it responds to changing demands, while others argue the positive effect ...
The Role of Institutions in Economic Development
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Despite the global liberalization of trade, financial and technological flows, there still are tremendous disparities in terms of income per capita and growth rates across countries (Hall and Jones, 1999). Among the plethora ...
Sources of Economic Growth in MENA Countries: Technological Progress, Physical or Human Capital Accumulations?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Economic growth is an increase in the productive capacity of an economy. The productive capacity can be increased by an increase in factors of production, such as capital, labor, or the level of technology. Economic growth ...
Central banking and income inequality: The impact of monetary policy on income distribution
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Routledge
, 2020 , Book chapter)
Since the 2007–2008 Global Financial Crisis, income inequality and income distribution matters have gained increasing attention not only in academia but also from professionals in advanced economies. Mainstream economists ...
Corruption and Economic Development
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Corruption is believed to be widespread and it adversely affects countries at different intervals, in different degrees. Corruption scandals show that bribes are commonplace and that even societies that are supposedly free ...
The middle east and North Africa: Cursed by natural resources?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
The relationship between natural resource wealth and economic growth has been extensively studied. As opposed to basic intuition, the results of several empirical studies suggest that vast natural capital endowments don’t ...
Contagion versus Interdependence: The Case of the BRIC Countries During the Subprime Crises
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Book chapter)
This chapter contributes to the empirical finance literature on modeling co-movement in financial markets by considering the case of the BRIC countries during the subprime crises. To overcome the problem of the time-varying ...
Trade Diversification and Intra-Regional Trade in North Africa
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Examination of the growth phases in developed and in developing countries and their involvement in international trade shows the importance of trade policies in these countries. In recent decades, many developing countries ...
The inflation-central bank independence nexus: Where do MENA countries stand?
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016 , Book chapter)
Inflation and its dynamics have been always capturing the attention of economic scholars and policymakers worldwide. Numerous theories in economic literature tried to define the concept of inflation by suggesting different ...