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The rural economy in Bangladesh has been a powerful source of economic growth and has substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural Bangladesh are an underexplored, underappreciated, and largely untold story. The...
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) in the context of the macro-trends and issues affecting Croatian agriculture today, the ongoing EU CAP reform process … agriculture and rural development in Croatia, as the country prepares its National Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy and … formulates its Strategic Plan for the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the next programming period …
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Transport connectivity is an essential part of the enabling environment for inclusive and sustained growth. In many developing countries, particularly in Africa, most people are still not connected to local, regional, or global markets. Such rural accessibility is crucial to reduce poverty and...
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This report applies the framework to diagnose the opportunities and constraints faced by the rural economy and households and to assess policy options to address these constraints. The approach builds on four steps. The first step consists in examining the socio-demographic profile and living...
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Iceland has made considerable progress under an economic program supported by the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA … underpinned the recovery. Executive Directors emphasized that Iceland should continue to build up its stock of international …
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Iceland’s gross external debt rose above 600 percent of GDP, while households and corporations accumulated heavy debt … burdens with large exposures to foreign exchange and inflation risk. The global banking crisis exposed Iceland …
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This paper examines key findings of Iceland’s Request for a Stand-By Arrangement from the IMF. Iceland’s economy is in …
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In this study, during 2008, the financial crisis lead Iceland’s public debt to soar from under 30 percent of GDP to … percent of GDP. First, external sustainability is overviewed, and second, growth of Iceland’s economy has been challenged, and … (DSA) suggests that Iceland’s external debt is sustainable but is vulnerable to depreciation shock …
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The Icelandic government has launched a review of the tax system, with a view to improving its income redistribution, growth orientation, and efficiency features, as well as increasing its revenue mobilization potential. It aims at minimizing detrimental effects on employment and growth, and at...
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