How institutional quality and economic factors impact technological deepening in developing countries

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1097-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
George R. G. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Economic Factors

scholarly journals Historical and Geographic Factors of Institutional Quality: An Empirical Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 4 (Issue 3) ◽  
pp. 287-312
Author(s):  
Zaheer Ahmed Babar ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Abdul Quddus
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Geographic Factors ◽  
The World

Abstract This paper contributes to the debate about historical and geographic factors of institutional quality. It used non-economic factors which caused institutional quality better or worse. These non-economic factors are geographic location, colonial background, fractionalization in religion, language and ethnic, legal system and abundant of natural resources. This study took 68 countries all around the world which have developed and developing countries and apply simple OLS and 2SLS technique to explore the determinants factors. The study decomposed institutional quality into economic, legal and political institutions. Fractionalization with level of development and under the colonial background has negative affected the institutional quality. Colonization has negative impact on Institutional Quality but under the level of development, colonization has insignificant impact on Institutional quality. In this study without level of development natural resources has negative impact but under the level of development it has insignificant impact on institutional quality except economic institutions. Without level of development, Geographic location is a significant impact on all three kind of Institutions in this study but under the level of development, it has insignificant impact.

scholarly journals Nutritional Status as an Important Factor in the Health Status of the Adult

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
J.H.P. Jonxis
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Fat Metabolism ◽  
Western World ◽  
First Year ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Permanent Damage ◽  
The Individual ◽  
First Year Of Life ◽  
Breast Fed

Malnutrition in the first year of life may cause permanent damage to the individual. There may be a permanent retardation in growth if the malnutrition is a serious one and the food intake is severely insufficient over a longer, period. Specially when malnutrition occurs in the first months after birth, it may cause damage to the central nervous system.As long as the breast-fed child gets enough breastmilk, it is unlikely that serious problems  arise. The declinein feeding in many developing countries is a serious problem, especially because the alternatives for human milk are not always available, owing to economic factors. In the, countries of the Western world there exists just, the opposite problem owing to partial over-nutrition abnormalities in fat metabolism may occur, which may influence the health of the individual later on in life.

scholarly journals Research and Publication from Developing Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan R Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
High Burden ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
The Developed Countries

In 2002, Richard Smith wrote an editorial, “publishing research from developing countries” in the Journal “Statistics in Medicine” highlighting the importance of research and publication from the developing countries (DCs).1 In that article, he mentioned the disparity in research and publication between the developed and developing countries. Almost two decades on, the problem still largely remains the same. It is estimated that more than 80% of the world’s population lives in more than 100 developing countries.2 In terms of disease burden, the prevalence and mortality from diseases in the low and middle-income countries are disproportionately high compared to developed countries.3 Although there is a high burden of disease, we base our treatment inferring results from research and publication from the developed countries which may not be fully generalizable due to geographical cultural, racial, and economic factors. This is where the problem lies.

Labour Emigration From Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Ebabu Chekole Mengistu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level ◽  
Key Informant Interview

In recent years, the magnitude and complexity of movements have brought increased attention to the phenomenon of emigration which affects nearly all countries in the world. In developing countries, labour emigration is extremely complex. The main objective of the study is to explore the trends, causes, and challenges of labour emigration from Ethiopia. In-depth interview, key informant interview, observation, and document analysis were used as methods of data collection. Content and document analysis techniques were used to analyze the data. The results of the study show that there is a high level of labour emigration from Ethiopia. Labour emigration from Ethiopia is mostly associated with economic factors such as unemployment, underemployment, and the search for better life in the destination countries. The institutional structure and inter-institutional collaboration in relation to labour emigration are informed by a fragmented framework. As a result, Ethiopian migrant workers are highly vulnerable to human rights violations.

Severing Corruption from Everyday Life

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Babatunde Joshua Omotosho
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Over Time

One of the challenging scenarios regarding political landscape in developing countries has to do with corruption and Nigeria is not an exception. Politicians often tow the paths of corrupt practices (while preparing for election and upon assumption of political offices) due to a number of social and economic factors. Attempts have been made by different administrations in this country to severe these twin brothers (corruption and politics) in order to ensure a lasting democracy in Nigeria. In spite of these efforts, the success story is nothing to write home about. The questions therefore are: is there any tie between corruption and culture? At what point did corruption become an identifiable feature of Nigerian politics? What are the steps taken so far to address this menace and what are the achievements over time? All these issues and others become critical as this paper examines the place of culture in corruption in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Effect of Institutional Quality and Wealth from Oil Revenue on Economic Growth in Oil-Exporting Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 3635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adewale Samuel Hassan ◽  
Daniel Francois Meyer ◽  
Sebastian Kot
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Linear Interaction ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
Oil Revenue ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Oil Wealth

This article investigates the role of institutional quality in the oil wealth–economic growth nexus for 35 oil-exporting developing countries between 1984 and 2016. To achieve this objective, an empirical model was employed with linear interaction between oil wealth and institutional quality, and estimated by means of panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) with a dynamic fixed effect estimator. From the results, a contingent effect of oil wealth on economic growth, both in the long run and in the short run, was established. Specifically, institutional quality was found to mitigate the negative effect of oil wealth on economic growth in the long run, while in the short run, institutional quality was found to enhance the positive effect of oil wealth on economic growth. Furthermore, the results provide the threshold levels of institutional quality, beyond which oil wealth enhances economic growth, both in the long run and in the short run, for the sampled countries. These results suggest that in order for oil-exporting developing countries to benefit from an increase in oil wealth, they must adopt appropriate policy measures to improve their levels of institutional quality and embed their entire oil wealth-generating mechanism in a sound institutional framework. Also of importance is that governments must ensure sustainable development through the benefits of wealth from oil.

scholarly journals A New Motivation for Sustainable Trade Between Countries with Different Regulatory Qualities

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Wenshou Yan ◽  
Xi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Government Quality ◽  
Large Panel ◽  
Trade Partner ◽  
Sustainable Trade

In the context of rising anti-globalization sentiments, countries tend to trade with superior government institutions for a longer period and with a higher volume of exports. This phenomenon hinders sustainable trade between countries with different regulatory qualities, resulting in negative effects for developing countries that have poor institutional quality. Using a large panel dataset covering 192 countries during the period 1996–2017, this paper investigates the effect of relatively better government quality on exports. This quality is measured by said government’s regulatory quality relative to its trade partner. The empirical results indicate that a country with relatively better institutional quality receives at least 4% higher exports (dubbed as a premium gain), keeping other factors constant. The empirical result remains the same when solving the endogeneity issue and when applying alternative estimation methods. This paper thus proposes a new channel for sustainable trade for countries characterized by different institutional qualities.

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