Cities, lights, and skills in developing economies

Cities and Trade : external trade and internal geography in developing economies

Responsive Regulation and Developing Economies

— Developing states with limited regulatory capacity might benefit from a responsive approach to regulation. Responsive regulation is a democratic ideal, incorporating notions of deliberative democracy and restorative justice. Responsive regulation conducted by regulatory networks of governmental and non-governmental actors allows for networking around capacity deficits. NGOs play a vital role ...

The Effects of Learning and Scale Economies in Health Sector: Case of Developed and Developing Countries

The quality and quantity of human capital are the most important factors in economic growth and its expansion depends on the educational and health infrastructure of countries. The education sector promotes the technical knowledge and skills of the human resources and the health sector provides its health; In addition, the quality of health services in turn is affected by education. Also, Learn...

Economic Planning in Developing Economies

This entry reviews planning models as applied to developing countries. Aggregative, sectoral and project appraisal techniques are discussed. It is seen that while there was signi…cant progress in the post-war period in devising sophisticated techniques, the ascendancy of market friendly reforms in the recent era has emphaized the use of dynamic and computable general equilibrium models. Many of...

Environmental Scanning in Developed and Developing Economies