Export-Led Growth, Global Integration, and the External Balance of Small Island Developing States

The Case of Small Island Developing States

In this paper we examine how remittances relate to the exchange rate, natural disasters and foreign aid in developing economies. By using panel VAR methods we are able to compensate for both data limitations and endogeneity among variables. We find that while foreign aid tends to appreciate the real exchange rate, remittances do not have the same impact. We also detect an inverse relationship b...

FAO Activities in Small Island Developing States

Export -led Growth in India:

The present study attempts to test the mechanisms of Export Led Growth in India by taking a timeseries data from 1980-81 to 2008-09. It applies Ordinary Least square (OLS) method to investigate the relationship between Gross National Product, Total Exports, Manufactured Exports and Investment. The results of the study supports the Export Led growth Hypothesis (ELGH) in India.

Food Security and Nutrition in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Global pharmaceutical regulation: the challenge of integration for developing states

BACKGROUND This paper has set out to map the state of pharmaceutical regulation in the developing world through the construction of cross-national indices drawing from World Health Organization data. The last two decades have been characterized by deep changes for the pharmaceutical sector, including the complete transformation of intellectual property systems at the behest of the World Trade O...