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Eurosclerosis or Financial Collapse; Why Did Swedish Incomes Fall Behind?
Cerra, Valerie; Saxena, Sweta Chaman - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Sweden represents an archetypal welfare state economy, with extensive government safety nets. Some scholars have attributed a decline in its per capita income ranking since 1970 to "eurosclerosis" or sluggish growth caused by distortionary policies. This paper argues rather, that the permanent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605036
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Dissecting Saving Dynamics; Measuring Wealth, Precautionary, and Credit Effects
Carroll, Christopher; Sommer, Martin; Slacalek, Jiri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We argue that the U.S. personal saving rate’s long stability (from the 1960s through the early 1980s), subsequent steady decline (1980s - 2007), and recent substantial increase (2008 - 2011) can all be interpreted using a parsimonious ‘buffer stock’ model of optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242291
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Four Decades of Terms-of-Trade Booms; Saving-Investment Patterns and a New Metric of Income Windfall
Adler, Gustavo; Magud, Nicolas E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We study the history of terms-of-trade booms (during 1970–2012), with a focus on Latin America, through the prisms of a simple metric that quantifies the associated income windfall. We also document saving patterns during these episodes and propose a measure of how much of the income windfall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242443
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An assessment of IDE-Nepal’s low cost drip irrigation technology. Poverty-Focused Smallholder Water Management: an IWMI research project supported by DFID. Final report document 2...
Kalu, I. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907363
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Evolution of irrigation in South and Southeast Asia
Barker, Randolph; Molle, François - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274104
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Agricultural growth trends and outlook for southern Africa: inter-temporal trends and patterns in agricultural investment spending in southern Africa.
Matchaya, Greenwell.; Chilonda, Pius.; Nhlengethwa, … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265617
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Agricultural growth trends and outlook for southern Africa: enhancing regional food security through increased agricultural productivity.
Chilonda, Pius.; Matchaya, Greenwell.; Chiwaula, L.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265618
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Managing canal irrigation: Potential for the poor
Chambers, R. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131787
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Productivity Growth and Structural Reform in Bulgaria; Restarting the Convergence Engine
Pouvelle, Cyril; Mitra, Pritha - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …
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