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Evaluating monetary policy options for managing resource revenue shocks when fiscal policy is laissez-faire : application to Nigeria
Chuku, Chuku Agbai - 2016
ingredients of the model. The model is calibrated to match the Nigerian economy. Three alternative mainstream monetary policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456170
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228062
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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547633
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573226
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Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South Africa
Maboshe, Mashekwa; Woolard, Ingrid - 2018
This paper uses a recent household survey and the CEQ framework to revisit and extend previous research on the impact of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883375
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Winners and losers in industrial policy 2.0
Marouani, Mohamed Ali; Marshalian, Michelle - 2020
to study and are often inseparable from the political economy of large government programmes. We use the Tunisian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173995
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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes
Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016
Prior to the introduction of mother tongue-based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447269
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Who benefits from job training programmes? : evidence from a high-dosage programme in Brazil
Mata, Daniel da; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho; Silva, … - 2021
Using admission lotteries and registry data linking labour market outcomes, we study the effect of a vocational training programme focused on disadvantaged individuals in Brazil. The intensive programme is an 18-month classroom training coupled with a 6-month on-the-job training provided by...
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