The Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) are valuable components of the disaster risk … access limits of 60 percent of quota under the RCF and RFI for countries experiencing severe natural disaster-related damages …. The focus of this paper is to specify the threshold of damage from a natural disaster that would allow members …

Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust …

This paper presents empirical estimates of the policy and structural determinants of the natural rate of unemployment … real wages to their equilibrium level. Estimates are presented showing how the generosity of the unemployment insurance … system is related to past levels of unemployment. The empirical results indicate that government policies have been largely …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes labor market policies and unemployment dynamics in Spain. It provides a brief …

This paper examines the potential contribution of unemployment hysteresis theories to the understanding of the Belgian …

Poverty and unemployment remained high in Botswana. The shortcomings of the labor market policies are responsible for a … high unemployment rate. This selected issues paper sheds considerable light on ways that Botswana can enhance inclusive … growth and reduce the high level of structural unemployment. Botswana was identified as having been able to sustain the …

The methodology used in this paper has three distinguishing features: the natural rate of unemployment and potential …