Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34307 
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Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3208
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and outsourcing activities, the increased flow of direct foreign investment and its heterogeneous regional distribution, the increased public investment in information and communication technologies as infrastructure for development, the importance of commercialization and transfer of technologies, and increased income inequality and concentration of severe poverty in certain regions. In addition I briefly elaborate on the role of education, research, and training to enhance development capability and capacity, the increased strategic importance of natural resources and the increased interregional trade flow. I also investigate the development in the Federal Region of Kurdistan since its gained self-governance in 1991 as a case study by referring to the above developments.
Subjects: 
Development economics
information and communication technology
foreign direct investment
globalization
outsourcing
technology
capability
energy
trade flows
inequality and poverty
technology transfer
JEL: 
D83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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