... markets Alliances Economic growth Private sector The 18-day nationwide sit-ins at the main squares of Egyptian cities at the dawn of 2011 caught the world off guard. Never had political experts expected such a determined uprising by what was perceived to be a politically dormant nation...

... consistently sluggish economic growth since its recession of 1991 and then the Kobe earthquake of 1995 [1] ; at the time of writing the national debt amounted to approximately 200 per cent of GNP and a budget deficit of 10 per cent of GDP. The Netherlands were praised as having innovative responses to public...

... that Malaysia and other developing countries confront in breaking out of the middle‐income trap. Practical implications Practitioners will obtain a better appreciation of the strategies that they have to undertake to accelerate economic growth. Research implications The issues identified in the paper...

... 2009 Cluster analysis European Union Economic growth Regional development Urban regions The significance of clusters and cluster strategies for regional development has been explored in a variety of contexts (Porter, 1998 ; Martin and Sunley, 2001 ; Steiner, 1998 ; Benneworth...

...Tassilo Herrschel; Petra Todorovich Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of emerging “megaregions” in the USA and the challenges they present to planning for large‐scale systems of transportation infrastructure, environmental resources, and economic growth...

... development constitutes a major objective of a country's economic strategy and government policy. Then, through a theoretical review of industrial policy works, relevant issues (e.g. how efficient industrial development sustains economic growth) are highlighted for discussion. For instance, the importance...

... seeking to reduce state intervention in the economy in order to encourage liberalization and thereby engender further economic growth. Tracing the parallel evolution of the EPF and the growth of the Malaysian economy, highlights both the direct role of the EPF in providing soft‐loan capital for state...

... which the success of the delinking depends. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Africa Developing countries Nigeria Economic growth Internal efficiency IJPSM The Lagos Plan: 4,1 Nigeria's Readiness to Implement the Delinking 58 Strategy for Economic Development Damien Ejigiri Southern University...