In the globalization context and competitiveness, the role of a university is further enhanced. University is no longer confined to traditional roles. Universities need to interact with others in order to be relevant and progressive. Symbiosis relationships between the university and industry are very significant because the relationship between those two can foster economic development of a na...

The objective of this study is to analyze the evolution of some social and economic indicators of Mercosur ́s economies from 1980 to 2012, based on the statistics of the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA). The objective is to observe if after the accession of these economies to Mercosur (the first accessions occurred in 1994) these indicators showed better performance, in order to dem...

Knowledge has been widely recognised by economists as the most important factor of production in a “new economy”. The production and utilisation of knowledge is therefore essential for development. Some countries, Malaysia among others, have embarked on an ambitious plan to use knowledge as a base for economic development, by-passing earlier stages of industrialisation. Some commentators have, ...

Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with Two Elites This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth thr...

priorities for sustainable economic development. In Re-establishing agriculture as a priority for development policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, ed. A. Recent developments in the livestock sector in China and changes in the live-stock/feed relations. A draft background paper prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organi

Within advanced economies, there is a growing concern that teaching and research within universities should be directed towards specific economic and social objectives. Nowhere is this demand for ‘specificity’ more clear than in the field of regional development. Whilst they are located ‘in’ regions, universities are being asked by a new set of regional actors and agencies to make an active con...

Increasing attention is being paid to the potential of blockchain technology to address long-standing challenges related to economic development. Blockchain proponents argue that it will expand opportunities for exchange and collaboration by reducing reliance on intermediaries and the frictions associated with them. The purpose of this paper is to provide a clear-eyed view of the technology’s p...

In 1993 I went to a UNESCO/CROP conference in Paris organised around the theme: Economic Growth and its Significance for Poverty Reduction. The conference participants were an unusual blend of academic disciplines with historians, sociologists, economists, psychologists and political scientists, with a range of perspectives from Marxist to New Right. They came from countries at all stages of ec...

Abstract. In this research we try to consider the problem of applying the Nonhomogeneous Poisson process to trends of economic development. More specifically, a modified Nonhomogeneous Poisson process is derived when the intensity rate is considered as a solution of stochastic differential equation which satisfies the geometric Brownian motion. The mean and the variance of the modified process ...

According to conventional or traditional wisdom, countries that possess rich mineral deposits are fortunate. Such deposits are assets, and so are part of a country’s natural capital. Like an individual or family, the more capital and wealth a nation possesses, the richer and better off it is. In this view of the world, mining is the key that converts dormant mineral wealth into schools, homes, ...