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5.2 Africa’s diversification regimes revisited: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| A further link to productivity |
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5.2 Diversification-deepening policies raise growth and TFP: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| What then do these results imply? They mean that pursuing diversification-deepening
policies could help accelerate growth. Important policy implications of this link
arise with respect to the determinants of diversification that were discussed earlier in the chapter. |
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5.1 The results vary by diversification regime: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| At this point, it is worthwhile to recall the five diversification regimes: those countries
with little diversification; countries that started but got stuck in the diversification
process; those with deepened diversification; backsliders in diversification; and
the conflict and post-conflict countries. This report suggests that belonging to a
particular regime has more to do with policy and institutional factors at the country
level. Consequently, there are different determinants when the discussion is brought
to the country level (see table A5.2 for correlation results). |
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5.1 Macroeconomic stance is crucial to diversification outcomes: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| An important aspect of the diversification debate and of Africa’s experience has to
do with the role that macroeconomic policy plays. This has also been investigated at the continental level in the results that are presented in table A5.1. Two important
indicators of macroeconomic stability, depending on the macroeconomic policy in
operation, are inflation and real effective exchange rates and these are found to be
among the most critical determinants of diversification outcomes in Africa. |
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5.1 There can be little diversification without an optimal trade policy: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| The trade policy question and its role in economic growth and development continues
to dominate much of the debate in this era of globalization. |
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5.1 Faster economic growth could assist in diversification efforts: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| The results for Africa, shown in table A5.1, suggest further that as income per capita
increases, there is a tendency for African economies to experience improvement in
their diversification processes. This is a very significant result and it is in line with
other empirical evidence, (see Imbs and Wacziarg 2003), which shows that poor
countries tend to diversify at first as their incomes rise, before they later begin to
become more specialized. African countries also fit into this theory of the U-shaped
stages of diversification. |
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5.1 Insufficient investments in Africa have hindered the deepening of diversification: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| Using the results for Africa shown in table A5.1, it is possible to compute what one
could call a turning point in the relationship between investment and diversification. |
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5.1 Investment is vital for an economy to diversify: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| The inverse relationship between investment and the diversification index shown in
table A5.1 indicates that as the level of investments increases, there is a tendency for
economies to become more diversified. The smaller the diversification index gets, the
more diversified an economy becomes, and vice-versa for specialization. Unless a
country commits a sufficient portion of its national income to building capital stock,
it is unlikely to be able to diversify. Investment as measured by gross fixed capital
formation turns out to be a key determinant to Africa’s diversification results. |
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5.1 Determinants of diversification in Africa: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| Diversification and policy variables constitute a two-way process in that diversification
not only influences policy outcomes, but is itself influenced by policy variables.
This proposition naturally leads to the search for those economic and non-economic
policy actions that are likely to affect the level and rate of diversification in a country.
What evidence is there that links economic and non-economic variables with
national capacity to diversify? |
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Is your business a kitchen table or barstool?
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| The most effective way to multiply revenue is to build your business like a solid kitchen table. What are you talking about, you say!
Consider that each leg of a kitchen table represents a potential revenue stream; most businesses generate significant from only one, perhaps two legs. If you want to maximize the revenue potential of your business, read on to learn about all four legs. |
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Play the Full Table
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| During uncertain times (like today!) most leaders and business owners play it safe. This means that if you want to distinguish yourself during tough times, the bar is pretty low.
Now is the time to play the full table! Don't restrict your strategies to the sure shots. While your competitors are playing it safe, try new shots, explore the edges of the table. |
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Tell Them Why They Should Buy
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| A billboard caught my attention. It was a cut-away shot of a new minivan - the one with the pop-up table in the back. The billboard showed the interior of the van with four captain's chairs encircling the pop-up table with a headline that said "Your Table Is Served".
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You're not that interesting!
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| Truth: You're not exciting or interesting enough for your customers go to the trouble of seeking you out. Why should they? You're predictable, measurable and safe - just like all your competitors. Your insights are second hand and you don't bring any WOW factor to the table. In fact, you're at the dinner table but you have nothing of any value to say. |
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Currency Markets, Vegas-Style!
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| Let’s face it; the currency market is akin to the ultimate final table in the World Series of Poker. At that table, you have eight people sitting around, all trying to bluff one another. Some have large stacks of chips, while others are short-stacked. Some like to talk a little more than others, while others prefer to let their cards do their talking. Ultimately, there will be one winner. |
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How To Use Articles To Increase Search Engine Position
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| One of the best ways to get a top search engine position is through articles. How do articles do this? As an example, say you were to approach a table with 5 people in a restaurant. You ask the table "Are any of you a musician?" and one person raises his hand. You will probably take his word. On the other hand, if everybody at the table points to that person, you are even more likely to take their word for it. That is how search engines work. |
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The Invisible Close Sales Nugget: What to Do After You Get Off the Stage
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| Get to the sales table quickly. I told you they were simple. Yet, how many times have you been waylaid by a few people dying to ask you their questions? You don't want to be rude, but customers are waiting for you in the back of the room with their credit cards in hand.
3 Simple Secrets for Claiming Your Back-of-the-Room Sales
The best way to handle that situation is to just get back there quickly: move your body. Don't let anyone get to you before you've left the podium and don't break your stride until you've reached the sales table. When someone tries to stop you
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Tables or Table-Less Design in Website Development
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| As technology has developed website development has evolved and a second way of building websites using table-less design has emerged. Table-less design is website development using CSS and HTML combined to achieve the end result. |
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Authentic Communication: Dealing with Moose-on-the-Table
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| Imagine a team meeting around a conference-room table. They are reviewing progress and making plans. Charts are reviewed, slides are projected, documents are handed out, and calculations are made. Now imagine that standing in the middle of the conference-room table is a great big moose.
No one says a word about the moose. Everyone carries on polite and earnest conversation as if this situation is very normal. Meanwhile the moose is eating papers at one end of the table while plopping out moose pies at the other end of the table splattering a few participants' business suits. Team members are passing papers around the moose's legs. They shift in their chairs to make eye contact with each other under the moose's belly or to see past it to the front of the room. Papers need to be pried out from underneath the moose's huge hoofs. |
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The Moose on the Table
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| Imagine a team meeting around a conference-room table. They are reviewing operations and making plans. Charts are reviewed, slides are projected, documents are handed out, and calculations are made.
Now imagine that standing in the middle of the conference-room table is a great big moose. |
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