To Export Progress
Title | To Export Progress PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel C. Levy |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2005-06-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780253111401 |
"An immensely valuable and detailed analysis of foreign, mainly American, assistance to Latin American higher education, To Export Progress provides an understanding of the 'what' and the 'why' of foreign aid to a key sector. This book will be a classic in its field." -- Philip G. Altbach, Monan Professor of Higher Education, Boston College "Professor Daniel C. Levy, a leading authority in the field of higher education and the nonprofit sector in Latin America, once again has opened an otherwise neglected field through his carefully researched and reported study of philanthropic support for university reform in the region. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, documentary evidence, interviews, and first hand experience with the actors and agencies involved, To Export Progress illuminates the vision and ideals inspiring international agencies, as much as the realities they confronted in deciding on grants and loans policy, from the 1960s to the 1980s. The book is strongly recommended for scholars and students of international education, for Latin American experts, and for philanthropic managers and educational administrators in the developing world." -- Jorge Balan, Senior Program Officer for Higher Education, The Ford Foundation. In this study of the attempts to export the modern Western university, its ideas, and its form to the Third World, Daniel C. Levy examines the development assistance provided by the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Inter-American Development Bank and their relations with local partners in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s. Levy considers the funders, how they selected partners, which countries and institutions were favored, and to what effect. Based on meticulous research and careful analysis, the book provides a detailed look at philanthropic assistance to the region during the era of modernization and development in Latin America.
Learning from Exporting
Title | Learning from Exporting PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Salomon |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781781953006 |
Questioning whether firms actually learn from exporting experiences, this unique study will prove a fascinating read for academics, researchers, and government and economic policy makers with an interest in business and management, international business, and of course, exporting.
Working Paper
Title | Working Paper PDF eBook |
Author | Jan De Loecker |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2009 |
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Export promotion mixed progress in achieving a governmentwide strategy.
Title | Export promotion mixed progress in achieving a governmentwide strategy. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 142894463X |
Exports and Economic Development
Title | Exports and Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | Delano Villanueva |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Developing countries |
ISBN |
Partners in Progress
Title | Partners in Progress PDF eBook |
Author | United States. International Development Advisory Board |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Economic history |
ISBN |
Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth?
Title | Does Freer Trade Really Lead to Productivity Growth? PDF eBook |
Author | Lauren Bresnahan |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 2013-04-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
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Manufacturing is intensive in the use of reproducible factors and exhibits greater technological dynamism than primary production. As such, its growth is central to long-run development in low-income countries. African countries are latecomers to industrialization, and barriers to manufacturing growth, including those that limit trade, have been slow to come down. What factors contribute most to increases in output and productivity growth in African manufacturing? Recent tradeindustrial organization theory suggests that trade liberalization should raise average total factor productivity (TFP) among manufacturing firms (Melitz 2003). However, these predictions are conditional on maintained assumptions about the nature of industries, factor markets, and trade patterns that may not be appropriate in a developing-country setting. Manufacturing firms are heterogeneous, so the analysis demands disaggregated data. We use firm-level data from the World Banks Regional Program on Enterprise Development, covering Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania for 19912003. Among other things, the data distinguish exports by destination (Africa and the rest of the world), which is important due to the spread of intra-African regional trade agreements (RTAs). Econometric results confirm well-known relationships, such as a positive association between export intensity and TFP, which implies that more productive firms are more likely to select in to exporting. However, we also find the destination of exports to be important. Many exporters have experienced declining TFP growth rates, which have occurred at different rates depending on the country and the export destination. The evidence for learning by exporting is thus mixed. These results add a new dimension to controversies over the development implications of trade liberalization and the promotion of intra-African RTAs.