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Gulf Cooperation Council : Trade and Foreign Investment-Keys to Diversification and Growth in the GCC
International Monetary Fund - 2018
Diversification of the GCC economies, supported by greater openness to trade and higher foreign investment, can have a … a more competitive business environment, and enhancing productivity. The GCC countries are open to trade, but much less … are to upgrade human capital, increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the business climate, and reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408471
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Sustaining Long-Run Growth and Macroeconomic Stability in Low-Income Countries : The Role of Structural Transformation and Diversification
International Monetary Fund - 2014
Diversification and structural transformation play important roles in influencing the macroeconomic performance of low … a country's production and export structure. This can include diversification into new products and trading partners as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410661
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Sustaining Long-Run Growth and Macroeconomic Stability in Low Income Countries : The Role of Structural Transformation and Diversification
International Monetary Fund - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410689
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International Spillovers of Taxiation
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper highlights key issues pertinent for the understanding of international effects of domestic tax policies and of international tax harmonization. The analytical framework adopts the saving-investment balance approach to the analysis of international economic interdependence focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396181
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Technology Diffusion, Services, and Endogenous Growth in Europe. is the Lisbon Strategy Useful?
International Monetary Fund - 2005
We explore the role of business services in knowledge accumulation and growth and the determinants of knowledge diffusion including the role of distance. A continuous-time model is estimated on several European countries, Japan, and the United States. Policy simulations illustrate the benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399872
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Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth
International Monetary Fund - 2012
as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital … trade volatility offset the positive impact of commodity booms; and export diversification of primary commodity abundant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396933
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Economic Diversification in Oil-Exporting Arab Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2016
volatility. Greater economic diversification would unlock job-creating growth, increase resilience to oil price volatility and … key prerequisites for economic diversification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408617
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Options for Low Income Countries Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : A Report to the G-20 Development Working Group by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank
International Monetary Fund - 2015
by other countries, the paper also discusses options for international coordination to address the risk of mutually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644784
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Macroeconomic Management and the Devolution of Fiscal Powers
International Monetary Fund - 2002
Several of the transition economies are devolving fiscal authority to subnational governments at a time when it is also important to consolidate fiscal policy. This can be problematic because, without appropriate care, the central government''s ability to determine the level and structure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399656
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Neglected Heterogeneity and Dynamics in Cross-Country Savings Regressions
International Monetary Fund - 1999
This paper examines the extent to which conclusions of cross-country studies of private savings are robust to allowing for the possible heterogeneity of savings behavior across countries and the inclusion of dynamics. It shows that neglecting heterogeneity and dynamics can lead to misleading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400163