Understanding macroeconomic fluctuations is vital for the enhancement of economic prospects for developing countries. Despite the fact that these countries might experience larger and more significant fluctuations than their developed counterparts, there exists a shortage of rel…
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This research argues that the United States' version of the Least-Cost Planning (LCP) for electric power long-term development is insufficient to fully accommodate the problems associated with planning for this sub-sector in the Least-Developing Countries (LDC's). This insuffici…
This thesis consists of three essays that analyze issues of external shock, adjustment, finance and real exchange rates in a group of developing countries—Sudan, Egypt, Pakistan and the Philippines. The first essay, “External Shock, Non-Adjustment and Finance: The Experience of …
This dissertation will examine in detail the transmission of real economic growth from: (1) OECD countries to less developed countries (LDCs); (2) United States to Western Hemisphere LDCs; (3) Japan to East Asian LDCs; (4) United States to selected Western Hemisphere countries; …
This study was to evaluate the development level of Clinical Engineering Departments (CEDs) in hospitals in developing countries. The method of data collection was a survey done by structured questionnaire sent by Email and Listserv. In total, 61 responses (9% response rate) wer…
As governments rely increasingly on user fees and other forms of cost recovery (CR) to cover health care costs, concern grows that the poor will consume sub-optimal levels of care. This dissertation uses a theoretical model to study a policy tool for protecting the poor under CR…
The water supply and sanitation situation in the developing world is still very inadequate. In Africa, for example, more than 47 percent of urban households are without access to safe water. The condition is even worse in rural areas. This study reports a meta-analysis of more t…
Both highly developed and developing countries share the common problem of how to maximize the health and welfare of their populations within a context of ever-tighter budgets for public health expenditures. In such situations, it becomes crucial for governments to identify effe…
DFI contributes enormously to world development. Yet, very few studies measure the impact of DFI inflows on the aggregate economy. On the other hand, developing countries have undertaken extensive liberalization programs in order to effect structural change and attract DFI but l…
When the resources in health sector are limited, the incorporation of sound epidemiological information into the decision process can promote efficient allocation of resources for development and provide a sound basis for evaluation of directed strategies for health care and dis…
Although the two essays included here focus on the economy of Lebanon, a country unique in the Middle East due to both its political and economic characteristics, the study is instructive even in the context of other developing economies. The first essay attempts to explain grow…
This dissertation studies the transition dynamics to long-run, sustainable growth in developing countries, given some of their identifying characteristics such as existence of a large informal sector, asset and income inequalities among individuals, uneven regional economic grow…
An important feature of the Uruguay Round was the agreement by the developed countries to abolish the Multifibre Arrangement quotas that (with their predecessors) have restricted exports of textile and clothing products from developing countries for almost forty years. This iniq…
The markedly different financial structures of firms in the developing and industrialized countries provide the motivation for this dissertation. What explains the financial structure choice of firms in developing countries? Many theories in Finance have been developed to explai…
This dissertation addresses a basic question of nonviolent, state-society interaction in the developing world: under what conditions do nascent civil associations in non-democratic or semi-democratic contexts successfully lobby the state yet maintain their autonomy and avoid coo…
Grouping existing providers under a franchised brand, supported by training, advertising, and supplies, is a potentially important way of improving access and assuring quality to some types of clinical medical services. While franchising has great potential to increase service d…
The issue of privatization is an important one especially in developing countries. Pushed by international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, privatization was propelled into the forefront of public policy in the 1980s. The Reagan adm…
To leverage Africa's growth trajectory the continent's large infrastructure deficit needs to be addressed, which is likely to be funded through raising debt. Sub-Saharan African sovereigns have often looked to international markets to raise debt which exposes them to exchange ra…
Since 2000, the number of international migrants has increased steadily, reaching 258 million in 2017. More than one-third of international migration moves from South to North, basically from developing to developed countries. Like international migration but in opposite directi…