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Moldova - The Consequences of Several Shocks for Consumption and Poverty
World Bank - 2012
The distribution of consumption in Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances, migration, and energy prices … could influence consumption and poverty rates in some unexpected and even counter-intuitive ways. Relatively well-off groups … shock is spread through the economy, although the poor are most affected because they consume somewhat more energy in …
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Mongolia Economic Retrospective 2008-2010
World Bank - 2012
of 2008 and 2009 were the external shocks which were transmitted to Mongolia's economy. This shock exposed underlying …
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China Economic Update - June 2022 : Between Shocks and Stimulus - Real Estate Vulnerabilities and Financial Stability in China
World Bank - 2022
consumption, tackle social inequality, and rekindle innovation and productivity growth would help achieve a more balanced …
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Iran Economic Monitor, Spring 2022 : Managing Economic Uncertainties - With a Special Focus
World Bank - 2022
This Iran Economic Monitor (IEM) provides an update on key economic developments and policies as of Spring 2022. Iran's economy continued its gradual recovery in 2021-2022 following the rebound in domestic and external demand. Despite a more accommodative fiscal policy in 2021-2022, higher oil...
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Nicaragua : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Main Report
World Bank - 2012
Nicaragua is a small, open economy that is vulnerable to external and natural shocks. With an estimated Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$1000 in 2006, and a total population of 5.2 million, it is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Forty six percent of the population lived...
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Brazil : Inequality and Economic Development, Volume 2. Background Papers
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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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 poverty rate in half, during a period of just eleven years. The previously noted trends in falling poverty, in terms of incidence, depth, and severity, continued into 1998, and...
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Mexico : Earnings Inequality after Mexico's Economic and Educational Reforms, Volume 2. Background Papers
World Bank - 2013
The study reviews the forces driving Mexico's inequality, in particular, the recent expansion in earnings inequality, emphasizing the roles of education on: establishing an analytical framework, that allows interaction between education, and labor market; examining the evolution of earnings...
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Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini : Study Brief
World Bank - 2021
This study brief on "Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini" examines the performance of Eswatini's main social assistance programs. These programs employ varying combinations of categorical and self-targeting to reach the poor and vulnerable
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The Welfare Effects of Extreme Weather Events : Insights from Three APEC Case Studies
World Bank - 2013
This report uses new measures of extreme weather and methodologies to gauge their welfare effects. A myriad of methodological issues and data constraints plague empirical work on the effects of extreme weather events on human welfare. The shocks themselves are often poorly measured and the lack...
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