This paper reviews the cross-country record of economic growth, using as organizing framework how economic theory has guided that empirical analysis. The paper argues that recent studies of economic growth—both empirical and theoretical—distinguish from previous work in three distinct ways: 1. An explicit focus on cross-country growth and development experiences; 2. Improved, more extensive cro...

the rapid and uncontrolled growth of tourism, that has influenced the economic foundations of rural economy, has caused different economic impacts and consequences in the rural areas of the central district of the city of nowshahr. the purpose of this study is to recognize and analyze the impacts of tourism in this area based on the principles of sustainable tourism and relevant theoretical bas...

Uzbekistan’s economy has been enjoying a progressive economic growth thanks to diversified export structure, attracted foreign direct investment (FDI), more sophisticated industries and open economic policy. Impact of inward FDI and export has become more significant due to their rapid shift and extension across all industries. This article examines the impact of FDI based firms on economic gro...

Developing countries are increasingly relying on Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) for their socio-economic development. Many countries have achieved faster gross domestic product (GDP) growth through information technology (IT) outsourcing, which is now largely recognized as a strategic management practice that can provide a competitive advantage in business. The East African Com...

The Chinese economic takeoff has captured the attention of the whole world with its 15-year sustained growth. It started with the implementation of Deng Xiaoping's economic reform policy in 1979. Since then, China has been the world's fastest-growing economy. For a country comprising one fifth of the world's population, with an exceedingly diverse economy, such rapid growth would have been thou...

Public economic planning is a pervasive part of the social space of political economy. In times of crisis, public officials in American government agencies at the local and national level increasingly use the vocabulary of economic planning. My PhD dissertation is a collection of papers representing a pointed critique of urban economic planning by public officials in times of crisis and prosper...

This paper studies the effect of population aging on economic performance in an overlapping-generations model with international migration. Fertility is endogenized so that immigrants and natives can have different fertility rates. Fertility is an important determinant to the tax burden of social security since it affects the quantity and quality of future tax payers. We find that introducing i...