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Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper argues that making affordable home mortgage loans available to a large cross section of the population will serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing and mortgage markets in selected Middle East and North...

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Hong Kong SAR; Meeting the Challenges of Integration with the Mainland

Lee, William; Chan-Lau, Jorge A.; Iakova, Dora M.; Papa … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the main challenges facing Hong Kong SAR as it continues to become more closely integrated with the mainland of China. Section I provides an overview of recent macroeconomic developments and the main policy issues in Hong Kong SAR. Section II...

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Nonmarket networks among migrants

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tanabe, Sakiko - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

"This paper examines nonmarket interactions among migrants from same origins in the urban labor market of Bangkok …, Thailand. We test whether the labor-market performance of previous migrants has externalities to that of new migrants who moved … new migrants (negative substitution effect), (2) the employment probability of previous migrants increases those of new …

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Nonmarket networks among migrants

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tanabe, Sakiko - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

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