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reallocated from the private to the public sectors, reducing investment and deepening the recessions even further. To account for …. This implies that domestic debt purchases displace productive investment. The model shows that these purchases reduce …
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covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income … investment and income distribution is weak. …
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The East African Community (EAC) has been among the fastest growing regions in sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade or so. Nonetheless, the recent growth path will not be enough to achieve middle-income status and substantial poverty reduction by the end of the decade—the ambition of...
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This paper (i) provides evidence on the procyclical investment behavior of major institutional investors during the … implications of procyclical behavior; and (iv) proposes a framework for sound investment practices for long-term investors. Such … procyclical investment behavior is understandable and may be considered rational from an individual institution’s perspective …
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€”sovereign funding shock scenarios (FSS)—to conduct forward-looking analysis to assess sovereigns’ vulnerability to sudden investor …
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around 3¼ percent, but growth could reach 4-5 percent with strong pro-active policies including (i) improving investment and … savings rates; (ii) improving the efficiency of social spending and public enterprise reforms; (iii) investment in education …
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Experience from the global financial crisis suggests that countries’ borrowing costs are not solely determined by macro and fiscal fundamentals. Factors such as ownership structures of government securities, among others, also play a significant role. This paper investigates the effect of...
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