Globalization and Workers in Developing Countries (2007)
Martín Rama, Dorsati Madani, Remco Oostendorp
exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the...
Abstract Globalization and Workers in Developing Countries (2007)
Martín Rama, Emanuela Galasso, Peter Lanjouw, Dorsati Madani, Remco Oostendorp
Stories on the positive and negative effects of globalization on workers in developing countries abound. But a comprehensive picture is missing and many of the stories are ideologically charged. This...
Director, Copenhagen Economics (2007)
Jesper Jensen, David Tarr, Dorsati Madani, Radwan Shaban
Acknowledgements: This paper is based on a mission to Iran in October-November 2000 which led to the report World Bank (2001). The authors would like to thank the numerous agencies in Iran that...
Testing Endogenous Growth in South Korea and Taiwan (1997)
Robert C. Feenstra, Dorsati Madani, Tzu-han Yang, Chi-yuan Liang
This paper will present one micro-based test of the determinants of growth, focusing directly on the link between increased product variety and productivity. The idea that productivity is enhanced by...
Testing endogenous growth in South Korea and Taiwan
Feenstra, Robert C., Madani, Dorsati, Yang, Tzu-Han, Liang, Chi-Yuan
A review of the role and impact of export processing zones
Traditional export processing zones are fenced-in industrial estates specializing in manufacturing for exports. Modern ones have more flexible rules, such as permitting more liberal domestic sales....
Politically optimal tariffs : an application to Egypt
Madani, Dorsati, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Egyptian economic history has been influenced by the import-substitution industrialization approach to development, dating back to Gamal Abdel Nasser's Pan-Arabic and socialist movement in the 1950s....
Testing Endogenous Growth in South Korea and Taiwan
Robert C. Feenstra, Dorsati Madani, Tzu-Han Yang, Chi-Yuan Liang
We evaluate the endogenous growth hypothesis using sectoral data for South Korea and Taiwan. Our empirical work relies on a direct measure of the variety of products from each sector which can serve...