Reliving the 1950s: the big push, poverty traps, and takeoffs in economic development

By William R. Easterly. 2006

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Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Do No Harm: Aid, Weak Institutions, and the Missing Middle in Africa (2007, unknown): “Easterly (2006) for example provides evidence that the smaller the income share of the three middle quintiles (in a sample of developing countries and along with ethno-linguistic fractionalization), the worse a country does on various institutional measures including voice and accountability,…”
Institutions, Capital, and Growth (2010, background): “…force in economic growth.1 For example, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, Sir Arthur Lewis, and Walt Rostow all argued that developing countries suffered from a ‘‘poverty trap,’’ where they could not afford to save enough to accumulate the necessary amounts of physical capital to grow (Easterly 2006a).”
Seven Centuries of European Economic Growth and Decline (2015, background): “…or so have indicated that GDP per capita has tended to be characterized by spurts of high growth, with periods of stagnation and decline, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (Easterly and Levine 1997; Pritchett 2000; Durlauf, Johnson, and Temple 2006; Easterly 2006; Pinkovskiy and Sala-i-Martin 2014).”
Traps and Sustainable Development in Rural Areas: A Review (2018, background): “Other studies suggest however, that ‘big push’ strategies can also perpetuate poverty (Green & Hulme, 2005; Easterly, 2006).”
Future growth patterns of world regions – A GDP scenario approach (2017, background): “Some authors even pointed out that divergence rather than convergence has been the dominant trend in the world economy (Durlauf, 1996; Pritchett, 1997; Easterly, 2006).”
Aid and Development (2006, background): “35 It is certainly amusing to read about ’Bono, Sachs, the Dalai Lama, and the pope’ in Easterly (2001, p. 126), but Easterly (2006) creates far too many caricatures.”
Poverty Traps, Aid, and Growth (2005, background): “Like Hausmann et al. (2004), Easterly (2005) also studies growth takeoffs but concludes that these are rare based on the filter that he uses.”
Paths to Development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise? (2014, unknown): “Perhaps it results from a more ‘marginal’ approach facilitated by a dynamic NGO sector, rather than a ‘transformational’ approach using large-scale foreign aid flow (Easterly, 2006).”