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Vietnam has demonstrated great and almost unrivaled development success over the past few decades as evidenced by a … variety of measures, including national income, poverty reduction, and access to services. However, Vietnam's performance in … framework, highlights that Vietnam is comparing less favorably when benchmarked against countries at similar income level, in …
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This comprehensive report-actually four compartmentalized reports in one-- focuses on policies to improve Brazil's trade performance. Specifically, three questions are addressed: What are the merits of alternative trade liberalization or integration options ? What domestic policies should be...
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"Despite sustained output growth since 1997, low-income Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (CIS-7) have not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as "jobless growth." The author addresses the causes of this...
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Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how...
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Cameroon's growth achievement is disappointing and the country is not likely to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on its current trajectory. Underemployment is extremely high, with risks of social unrest and instability. The fallout of the current global economic crisis is...
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of reforms to accelerate the transition to a market economy, emphasizing price and trade liberalization, and the shift of …, the economy has shown steady signs of recovery. Despite these favorable developments, the Kyrgyz Republic remains the …
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of reforms to accelerate the transition to a market economy, emphasizing price and trade liberalization, and the shift of …, the economy has shown steady signs of recovery. Despite these favorable developments, the Kyrgyz Republic remains the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559171