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COVID-19 : macroeconomic dimensions in the developing world
Addison, Tony; Sen, Kunal; Tarp, Finn - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions. First, it affects macroeconomic stability and growth. Second, the tools of...
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Growth and structural transformation in Viet Nam during the 2000s
Hoai, Dang Thi Thu; Tarp, Finn; Seventer, Dirk van; Ho … - 2016
We study structural transformation and change in the Vietnamese economy using two Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs … an important shift in terms of more economic integration with the global economy. Several analytical approaches are taken … in economic structure, and the results suggest that the Vietnamese economy has become internally more integrated over the …
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Viet Nam : the dragon that rose from the ashes
Tarp, Finn - 2018
reliance on market forces in the allocation of resources and the determination of prices. The shift from an economy completely … roles. Significant strides have been made to further the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, without …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913529
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Economic growth and the demand for education : is there a wealth effect?
Glewwe, Paul; Jacoby, Hanan - In: Journal of development economics 74 (2004) 1, pp. 33-51
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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom
O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - In: Journal of development economics 88 (2009) 1, pp. 45-58
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Poverty reduction and economic structure : comparative path analysis for Mozambique and Vietnam
Arndt, Channing; Garcia, Andres; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2010
experiences of Mozambique and Vietnam - two countries with similar levels and compositions of economic growth but divergent … poverty outcomes. We find that the structure of the Vietnamese economy more naturally lends itself to generating broad … in Vietnam. Inadequate education, trade and transport systems are found to be more severe structural constraints to …
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New evidence from the Government Revenue Dataset
McNabb, Kyle - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016
Recent work on the relationship between tax structure and economic growth has offered little reliable evidence for developing countries. Yet it is in such countries where the greatest changes in tax structure not only have been seen over the past 30 years but will likely continue to be seen in...
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Gendered perspectives on economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa
Seguino, Stephanie; Were, Maureen - 2014
Researchers have linked sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) poor growth performance in recent decades to several factors, including geography, institutions, and low returns to investment. This literature has not yet integrated the research that identifies linkages between gender, economic development,...
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Who gains from trade reform? : Some remaining puzzles
Harrison, Ann E.; Hanson, Gordon H. - In: Journal of development economics 59 (1999) 1, pp. 125-154
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Commercial policy, growth and the distribution of income in a dynamic trade model
Buffie, Edward F. - In: Journal of development economics 37 (1991) 1, pp. 1-30
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