• Botswana - 30 years of economic growth, democracy and aid: Is there a connection? 

      Rakner, Lise (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      This report has been commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an input to a proposed study on the impact of aid on Botswana. The report is based on a review of literature focusing on the development of ...
    • Economic development and industrial structure - an overview 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This essay offers a selective review of central issues related to economic growth. The interrelationship between technological progress, capital accumulation, specialisation and industrial structure is emphasised. It is ...
    • Economic growth, employment, and decentralised development in Sri Lanka 

      Ofstad, Arve (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)
      This Working Paper describes the economic growth rate and patterns in Sri Lanka during the 1990s, showing the interrelationship between uneven sectorial growth and the unbalanced regional growth patterns. This is reflected ...
    • Economic Prospects for Ethiopia and Challenges for Poverty Reduction 

      Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      The report analyses Ethiopia’s economic performance and expected future development. The economic growth rate is likely to remain high despite large fluctuations in agricultural production. Projections indicate, however, ...
    • Korrupsjon 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1998)
      Corruption is an ancient phenomenon, which has attracted increasing attention in recent years. This does not least reflect the growing awareness of the magnitude of the phenomenon. The primary concern of this paper is to ...
    • Patterns of foreign direct investment in poor countries 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)
      This paper introduces endogenous adoption costs for productive assets in a Ramsey type growth model with international capital flows. There are two classes of productive assets: owner-specific and location-specific. Adoption ...
    • Some reasons why capital does not flow from rich to poor countries 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper introduces endogenous adoption costs for productive assets in a Ramsey type growth model with international capital flows. There are two c1asses of productive assets: owner-specific and location-specific. Adoption ...
    • South African Manufacturing Industries - Catching up or Falling Behind? 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      This paper argues that intraindustry trade with developed countries is an important source of technology transfer, and creates incentives to climb up the learning curve. South Africa has an industrial structure that could ...
    • Telecommunications - a means to economic growth in developing countries? 

      Jacobsen, Karen F. Lomeland (Research report, Research report, 2003)
      The world economy has experienced an enormous growth the past 50 years. Yet the gap between the richest and the poorest countries has increased. There have been several attempts to explain the increased differences. ...
    • Terms of Trade and Economic Growth in a World of Constrained Capital Mobility 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper focuses on the interaction between world community and capital markets within the framework of an extended neoclassical growth mode!. The model incorporates raw materials as an essential input and captures the ...
    • The Influence and Effects of Financial Development on Economic Growth. An Empirical Approach 

      Andersen, Susanne Rislå (Research report, Research report, 2003)
      The financial sector plays an important part in economic growth as it can reduce the cost of acquiring information, conducting transactions and facilitating saving mobilisation. By providing these services, the financial ...
    • Trade and Growth with Static and Dynamic Economies of Scale 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)
      This paper develops a dynamic two-country, two-sector model of international trade with asymmetric technological spillovers, static increasing returns to scale in one sector and dynamic increasing returns to scale in the ...