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Chile's High Growth Economy : Poverty and Income Distribution, 1987-1998
World Bank - 2013
, and equity in education, particularly tertiary education to advance Chile's human capital; and, improved targeting of …
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 1. Main Report
World Bank - 2013
The study analyzes Chile's strong economic growth, and well directed social programs, a combination that reduced the … shows Chile achieved considerable improvements in key social indicators, i.e., infant mortality, life expectancy, and … indicate that Chile's success in reducing income disparities through social spending is linked to its system for targeting …
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Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy : The Case of Chile 1987-98, Volume 2. Background Papers
World Bank - 2013
The study analyzes Chile's strong economic growth, and well directed social programs, a combination that reduced the … shows Chile achieved considerable improvements in key social indicators, i.e., infant mortality, life expectancy, and … indicate that Chile's success in reducing income disparities through social spending is linked to its system for targeting …
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Philippines - Public Expenditure Review : Strengthening Public Finance for More Inclusive Growth
World Bank - 2012
This Public Expenditure Review analyzes trends in revenues, expenditures and development outcomes over the past 10 years. Its main findings are that, since the late 1990s, the Philippines has been caught in a low-revenue, low-expenditure trap and that the current level of public revenues is not...
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Brazil : Inequality and Economic Development, Volume 1. Policy Report
World Bank - 2013
The present Report is motivated by the coming together o f three widespread perceptions about inequality, two somewhat newer and one long-standing. The two newer ones are; (i) that inequality may matter for the country's economic development, and (ii) that public policy can and should do...
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Republic of Chad - Public Expenditure Review Update : Using Public Resources for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
World Bank - 2012
Chad is among the poorest countries in the world. Around 55 percent of the population lives below the poverty line and about 36 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty. The opportunity to reduce widespread poverty provided by the dramatic increase in revenues has been, however, mostly...
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Republic of Burundi - Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review (PEMFAR) : Improving Allocative Efficiency and Governance of Public Expenditure and Investin...
World Bank - 2012
This report addresses key issues on macroeconomic stability, efficient allocation of public expenditures, public sector staffing, and public finance management. The fiscal sustainability analysis carried out for this report indicates that serious adjustments will be needed to improve Burundi's...
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Montenegro : Beyond the Peak, Growth Policies and Fiscal Constraints, Public Expenditure and Institutional Review
World Bank - 2012
In 2007, Montenegro was one of the world's fastest growing non-oil economies. The country reaped the benefits from its comprehensive, pre-independence reform program. After the international recognition of statehood had removed the lingering uncertainty over Montenegro's political status,...
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Improving Public Expenditure Efficiency for Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Public Expenditure Review for the Republic of Moldova
World Bank - 2012
The Government of Moldova's Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (EGPRSP) lays out an ambitious plan for sustaining growth and poverty reduction and reshaping the government to meet the needs of a market economy. The public expenditures envisaged under this ambitious plan,...
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Guinea-Bissau - Public Expenditure Review Update : Enhancing Growth and Fiscal Adjustment Through Civil Service Reform
World Bank - 2012
Guinea-Bissau's large public sector wage bill poses a major threat to the country's macroeconomic stability: it hampers growth, limits the government's ability to service the domestic and external debt, and crowds out private investments. For this reason, the government decided in early 2006 to...
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