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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116
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Economic growth and distribution of income: A growth model to fit Ghanaian data
Nelson, Harumi T.; Roe, Terry L.; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476195
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A multi-level analysis of public spending, growth and poverty reduction in Egypt:
Fan, Shenggen; Al-Riffai, Perrihan; El-Said, Moataz; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Egypt is a lower middle-income country with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2003 of US$3,949 measured in international dollars, or purchasing power parity (World Bank 2005a). In the decade from 1975 to 1985, Egypt enjoyed rapid economic growth... however... Egypt still lags behind...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037961
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies … capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these … to China and India’s economic development, such as the need to ensure growth that is sustainable, equitable, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132824
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Asymmetric property rights in China's economic growth:
Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
drivers of China's rapid economic growth. But the same factor can veer those individuals being deprived of land into violence … and social unrest, which may undermine China's social stability and long-term sustainable growth." from Authors' Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037952
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The impact of Oportunidades on human capital and income distribution: A top-down/bottom-up approach
Debowicz, Dario; Golan, Jennifer - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
In an effort to inform social policy in Mexico, this paper analyzes the effects of a major social program on school attendance and household income distribution, accounting for its partial and general equilibrium effects. Linking a microeconometric simulation model and a general equilibrium...
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Has trade liberalization in South Africa affected men and women differently?:
Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Trade liberalization is a central part of South Africa's post-Apartheid development strategy. However, despite considerable reforms, the country has failed to generate pro-poor growth, with both unemployment and inequality worsening over the last ten years. This has raised concern that trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037945
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Estimating income mobility in Colombia using maximum entropy econometrics.:
Morley, Samuel; Robinson, Sherman; Harris, Rebecca Lee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
Income mobility can be viewed as a first-order Markov process, with a matrix of transition probabilities which measure how individuals move from an income status in time t to a new status in time t+1. Direct estimation of transition matrices is difficult, since time series panel data are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008864002
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Income effects of alternative trade policy adjustments on Philippine rural households: a general equilibrium analysis
Bautista, Romeo M.; Thomas, Marcelle - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
Three types of trade policy adjustments to deal with an unsustainable current account deficit are examined in this paper for their economywide income and equity effects, based on the results of simulation experiments using a CGE model of the Philippine economy. Gross domestic product (GDP)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008864004
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Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil:
Filho, Joachim Bento de Souza Ferreira - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an interregional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and microsimulation model of Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967179