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On the macroeconomic management of food price shocks in low-income countries
Adam, Christopher S. - In: Journal of African economies 20 (2011), pp. 63-99
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Poverty and Survival Prospects of Vietnamese Children under Doi Moi
Wagstaff, Adam; Nguyen, Nga Nguyet - 2013
By international standards, and given its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved substantial reductions … inequalities in child survival are evident in Vietnam-a change from the early 1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop … progress among the poor will jeopardize Vietnam's chances of achieving the international development goals for child mortality …
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Mega-deals : what consequences for SSA?
Guimbard, Houssein; Le Goff, Maëlan - In: Journal of African economies 26 (2017) 2, pp. 223-255
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Trade, Foreign Exchange, and Energy Policies in the Islamic Republic of Iran : Reform Agenda, Economic Implications, and Impact on the Poor
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David - 2013
The Islamic Republic of Iran has committed itself to substantial trade and market reform in its Third Five-Year Development Plan. It started out with nontariff barriers on all products, a dual exchange rate regime with the market rate more than four times the official rate, and domestic energy...
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Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Deininger, Klaus; Liu, Yanyan - 2013
This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates suggest that participants significantly increase...
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The emerging pattern of African economic engagement with China and the rising south : implications for Africa’s structural transformation
Alemayehu Geda Fole - In: Journal of African economies 27 (2018), pp. i52-i90
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Trade, Regulations, and Growth
Bolaky, Bineswaree; Freund, Caroline - 2013
Trade does not stimulate growth in economies with excessive business and labor regulations. The authors examine the effect of openness on growth using cross-country regressions in both levels and changes. Results from the levels regressions imply that increased openness is associated with a...
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Assessing the Redistributive Effect of Fiscal Policy
Essama-Nssah, B. - 2012
Who benefits from public spending? Who bears the burden of taxation? How desirable is the distribution of net benefits from the operation of a tax-benefit system? This paper surveys basic concepts, methods, and modeling approaches commonly used to address these issues in the context of fiscal...
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Crises, economic integration and growth collapses in African countries
Ali, Abdilahi; Imai, Katsushi S. - In: Journal of African economies 24 (2015) 4, pp. 471-501
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What can Africa learn from a better understanding of the interaction among growth, inequality and poverty in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic?
Thorbecke, Erik - In: Journal of African economies 32 (2023), pp. ii34-ii43
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