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Ragnar Nurkse

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Ragnar Nurkse (Käru, Estonia – 6 May 1959, near Lake Geneva, Switzerland) was an Estonian international economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development. [1]

42 relations: Andrew Carnegie, Bank of Estonia, Big push model, Bretton Woods system, Canada, Columbia University, Dennis Nurkse, Embassy of Estonia, Washington, D.C., Englewood, New Jersey, Estonia, Estonian Swedes, Estonians, Frederick Ogilvie, Geneva, German language, Governorate of Livonia, Järva County, Käru, Kurt Mandelbaum, Lake Geneva, League of Nations, New York City, Nuffield College, Oxford, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, Poverty, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Professor, Ragnar Nurkse's balanced growth theory, Russian Empire, Russian language, Switzerland, Tallinn, Tallinn University of Technology, Türi Parish, Technology governance, University of Edinburgh, University of Geneva, University of Oxford, University of Tartu, University of Vienna, Virtuous circle and vicious circle.

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (but commonly or;MacKay, p. 29. November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.

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Bank of Estonia

The Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) is the central bank of Estonia as well as a member of the Eurosystem organisation of euro area central banks.

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Big push model

The big push model is a concept in development economics or welfare economics that emphasizes that a firm's decision whether to industrialize or not depends on its expectation of what other firms will do.

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Bretton Woods system

The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan after the 1944 Bretton-Woods Agreement.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Dennis Nurkse

Dennis Nurkse is a poet from Brooklyn.

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Embassy of Estonia, Washington, D.C.

The Estonian Embassy (Eesti Suursaatkond Washingtonis) is the Republic of Estonia's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Englewood, New Jersey

Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Estonia

Estonia (Eesti), officially the Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik), is a sovereign state in Northern Europe.

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Estonian Swedes

The Estonian Swedes, Estonia-Swedes, or Coastal Swedes (estlandssvenskar, "Estonia Swedes", colloquially aibofolke, "Island People", rannarootslased, i.e. "Coastal Swedes" or eestirootslased) are a Swedish-speaking minority traditionally residing in the coastal areas and islands of what is now western and northern Estonia.

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Estonians

Estonians (eestlased) are a Finnic ethnic group native to Estonia who speak the Estonian language.

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Frederick Ogilvie

Sir Frederick Wolff Ogilvie FRSE (7 February 1893 – 10 June 1949) was Director-General of the BBC from 19 July 1938 (aged 45) to 26 January 1942, and was succeeded by joint Directors-General Cecil Graves and Robert W. Foot.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Governorate of Livonia

The Governorate of Livonia (Лифляндская губерния, Liflyandskaya guberniya; Gouvernement Livland, Livländisches Gouvernement; Vidzemes guberņa, after the Latvian inhabited Vidzeme region) was one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, now divided between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia.

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Järva County

Järva County (Järva maakond), or Järvamaa (Jerwen, Jervia), is one of 15 counties of Estonia.

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Käru

Käru is a small borough (alevik) in Türi Parish, Järva County, Estonia.

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Kurt Mandelbaum

Kurt Mandelbaum (13 November 1904 – 28 September 1995) was an economist well known for his pioneering contribution in the field of the economics of development.

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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva (le lac Léman or le Léman, sometimes le lac de Genève, Genfersee) is a lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France.

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League of Nations

The League of Nations (abbreviated as LN in English, La Société des Nations abbreviated as SDN or SdN in French) was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nuffield College, Oxford

Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Paul Rosenstein-Rodan

Paul Narcyz Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985) was an economist of Jewish origin born in Kraków, who was trained in the Austrian tradition under in Vienna.

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Poverty

Poverty is the scarcity or the lack of a certain (variant) amount of material possessions or money.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Ragnar Nurkse's balanced growth theory

The balanced growth theory is an economic theory pioneered by the economist Ragnar Nurkse (1907–1959).

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire (Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.

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Russian language

Russian (rússkiy yazýk) is an East Slavic language, which is official in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely spoken throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Tallinn

Tallinn (or,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Estonia.

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Tallinn University of Technology

Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TTÜ; Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, abbreviated TTÜ) is the only technical university in Estonia.

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Türi Parish

Türi Parish (Türi Vald) is a rural municipality in Järva County, Estonia.

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Technology governance

"TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE" is the system by which the current and future use of technology is directed and controlled.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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University of Geneva

The University of Geneva (French: Université de Genève) is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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University of Tartu

The University of Tartu (UT; Tartu Ülikool, Universitas Tartuensis) is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia.

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University of Vienna

The University of Vienna (Universität Wien) is a public university located in Vienna, Austria.

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Virtuous circle and vicious circle

The terms virtuous circle and vicious circle (also referred to as virtuous cycle and vicious cycle) refer to complex chains of events that reinforce themselves through a feedback loop.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Nurkse

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