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How to entrench hard-won gains, increase resilience to shocks, and improve growth performance to reduce poverty? As … America’s real, fiscal, monetary, and financial sector policies at the regional level, starting with a review of growth …
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builds on earlier empirical work that examined correlations between growth downbreaks/duration of growth spells and a range … squarely on the issue of inequality and the sustainability of growth. It will reference the literature that has gained … equality in the income distribution is associated with longer-lived growth spells. Broad redistributive policies are not …
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) boost income growth. However, growth effects differ significantly across alternative reform sequencing strategies: a trade … together with the external capital account is growth-enhancing, provided the economy is relatively open to international trade …
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This paper re-examines the stock-flow discrepancies of government debt and deficits and correlation with fiscal transparency. Applying the fully integrated relationship between financial stocks and flows allows for a more refined analysis of the deterministic components that make up the...
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constructed database. This is the first complete dataset of sovereign restructuring cases, covering the six decades from 1950â … restructuring episodes, and discusses ongoing debates on crisis resolution mechanisms, credit default swaps, and the role of …
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impressive growth and make inroads into poverty. Supported by prudent fiscal and monetary policies that have strengthened the … economy’s resilience to shocks, growth has averaged more than 9 percent since 2000, accelerating in recent years. Progress … fruit, with notable achievements being the implementation of new government expenditure and accounting procedures and …
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This paper discusses key findings of the 2005 Status Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) on Niger. The report is based on an assessment of economic and financial performance and sectoral policy and strategy implementation in 2005. The findings reveal that implementation of the...
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This paper discusses Haiti’s progress under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. Substantial advances have been made toward meeting the four triggers not fully implemented, and the authorities are committed to further progress in the near future. These triggers...
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The economy of Honduras contracted as a result of the global economic crisis. In the economic policy area, the authorities gave priority to strengthening the financial position of the public sector and restarting the external assistance. Measures are taken to strengthen the fiscal position, in...
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the global crisis. The program is approved to support fiscal adjustment, debt restructuring, reduction of arrears, and … financial reforms. The program attained significant progress. The Executive Board takes this potential growth as an achievement …
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