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An Exploration Of Structural, Cultural And Institutional Factors Behind The Japanese Recession, 1990-2000, Yasmin Ahmed Mowafy Feb 2006

An Exploration Of Structural, Cultural And Institutional Factors Behind The Japanese Recession, 1990-2000, Yasmin Ahmed Mowafy

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This paper analyses the causes behind the Japanese economic downturn which started in the 1990s and investigates the failure of both fiscal and monetary policy to remedy the recession. The author asserts that the Japanese economy was due for recession when two factors occurred to precipitate it, the asset price bubble and the banking crisis. However, a recession would have occurred even if these events had not transpired, because of a number of structural factors. The recession was then prolonged by the existence of the "liquidity trap". The inevitability of the recession stems from the fact that the Japanese economy …


State Capacity Under Reform: A Case Study Of The Adminstrative, Policy, And Private Consultative Capacity Of The Ministry Of Foreign Trade And Industry In Egypt, Mona Hosny Ghander Feb 2006

State Capacity Under Reform: A Case Study Of The Adminstrative, Policy, And Private Consultative Capacity Of The Ministry Of Foreign Trade And Industry In Egypt, Mona Hosny Ghander

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During the 1960s and 1970s, a number of developing countries have emerged among the top industrializing countries in the world achieving unprecedented growth rates. These countries became known as the Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) or the Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs). The interest in interpreting the NICs experience to identify prospects for emulation in other developing countries have led to a surge in the literature examining the role of the state in development and growth. It has been argued that while growth in these countries did not follow a unified path or emerge due to a unified set of factors, there …


E-Governance In Egypt: A New Methodology To Poverty Reduction, Shahdan Mahmoud Niazi Jun 2005

E-Governance In Egypt: A New Methodology To Poverty Reduction, Shahdan Mahmoud Niazi

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The aim of the thesis is to examine if the e-governance initiative in Egypt can contribute to poverty reduction. The study utilizes people-centered indicators by employing Sen's "capability approach" where Sen shifts from the traditional understanding of poverty as derivative of insufficient resources to a new perspective which incorporates the lack of capabilities and opportunities into the definition of the term. The thesis concludes that IT is not the determinant cure that can transform the mode of governance within the government sector in a way that can contribute to poverty alleviation. The transformation of the governance mode for enhanced human …


The State And Gender Policy: Girls Educational Policy In Sudan (1956-1997), Ghada Mohamed Wadeisa Jun 1997

The State And Gender Policy: Girls Educational Policy In Sudan (1956-1997), Ghada Mohamed Wadeisa

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The Effect Of Government Intervention And Pricing Policy On Agrarian Supply In Egypt, Gamal M Taher Mahdy Feb 1989

The Effect Of Government Intervention And Pricing Policy On Agrarian Supply In Egypt, Gamal M Taher Mahdy

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Food Policy As A Way Out Of Famines Case Study: India And Ethipia, Tamam A Youssouf Jun 1988

Food Policy As A Way Out Of Famines Case Study: India And Ethipia, Tamam A Youssouf

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Egypt's Economic Policy For The Poor, Amina Mustafa Kamel Jun 1976

Egypt's Economic Policy For The Poor, Amina Mustafa Kamel

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