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Unemployment and Economic Development

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1983
During the past thirty-five years opinions on unemployment have significantly influenced our thoughts about the process of economic development in low-income countries, the economic strategies appropriate for governments committed to accelerating that process, and the best way for the rich nations to assist in that endeavour.
Berry, Albert, Sabot, R H
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Economic development and urbanisation

Habitat International, 1988
Trends in urbanization in developing countries are analyzed with a focus on the causes of rapid urbanization and particularly on the role of the division of labor. The impact of urbanization on the process of economic development is described. The role of government and of urban planning policies is also considered. (ANNOTATION)
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The Economics of Development: A Survey

The Economic Journal, 1989
I. THE SUBJECT Our definition of the subject will be the use of economic analysis to understand the economies of poor or developing countries. This includes, in particular, how standards of living in the population are determined, and how they change over time, and further how policy can or should be used in the influence of these processes.
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Religion and Economic Development

2008
The number of micro-level social anthropological studies is continually growing. Many of these concentrate on what to the economist may appear odd aspects of society such as ritual and religion … and to which he pays little or no attention. For instance, an understanding of the complex of Hindu religious beliefs as they operate at village level … is ...
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

2014
What is the role of entrepreneurship in economic development? At a minimum the answer should be able to explain the role of entrepreneurs in the structural transformation of countries from low income, primary-sector based societies into high-income service and technology based societies.
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Schumpeter's Theory Of Economic Development and Development Economics

Review of Social Economy, 1994
(1994). Schumpeter's Theory Of Economic Development and Development Economics. Review of Social Economy: Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 353-363.
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Urbanization and economic development. [PDF]

Eastern economic journal, 1984
"This paper seeks to contribute to the discussion on the relationship between the levels of urbanization, levels of economic development and the pattern of economic activities." The focus is on the situation in developing countries, and the data are from published World Bank sources.
Prem S. Laumas, Martin Williams
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Some Issues of Economic Development and of Development Economics

Journal of Economic Issues, 1967
Economic development and growth have become the very center of inquiry for economists today, almost to the point of tediousness. When economics began in the eighteenth century, it had much the same emphasis as today, for many of the same reasons. There are, of course, many string differences to be found between the thoughts of earlier and contemporary ...
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Urbanization and Economic Development

2019
This essay uses Robert Park’s The City as an inspiration for a comparison of urban America around 1915 with urban China a hundred years later. The focus is not so much on the social fabric of the city but rather on a comparison of the process of urbanization in relation to economic development in the US and China in their respective historical contexts.
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Robots for economic development

Labour Economics
Recent evidence suggests that automation technologies entail a trade-off between produc- tivity gains and employment losses for the economies that adopt them. This paper casts doubts on such trade-off in the context of a developing country. It shows significant productivity and employment gains from automation in Indonesian manufacturing during the ...
Calì, Massimiliano, Presidente, Giorgio
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