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I search for a 'scale' effect in countries. I use a panel data set that includes 200 countries over forty years and …
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This paper models the causes of the 2008 financial crisis together with its manifestations, using a Multiple Indicator Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model. Our analysis is conducted on a cross-section of 107 countries; we focus on national causes and consequences of the crisis, ignoring cross-country...
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Inflation targeting seems to have a small but positive effect on the synchronization of business cycles; countries that target inflation seem to have cycles that move slightly more closely with foreign cycles. Thus the advent of inflation targeting does not explain the decoupling of global...
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Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...
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At the 2013 Nutrition for Growth Summit in London, 96 signatories (governments, civil society organizations, donors, United Nations’ agencies, and businesses) agreed to support the creation of an annual report on global nutrition that would be authored by an independent expert group, in...
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the span between the start of trade talks and their conclusion. We use data from 88 regional trade agreements between 1988 …
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. While that may have been a valid description of the data before the Second World War, it is no longer accurate. In the post … during cyclic downturns; if anything, they tend to fall. I document this new stylized fact with a wide panel of data, using a …
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data from more than 170 countries from 2007 through 2012 and find that the macroeconomic and financial consequences of …
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Good nutrition is the bedrock upon which to build healthy lives, strong and resilient livelihoods, and thriving economies. In its absence, their construction takes place on quicksand. Stunted children fail to grow and develop properly, with impairment to brains and immune systems being...
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Une alimentation équilibrée est le socle sur lequel reposent des vies saines, des moyens de subsistance solides et durables et des économies prospères. En l’absence de ce socle, leur construction s’appuie sur des sables mouvants. Les enfants souffrant d’un retard de croissance ne...
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