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Botswana : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2012
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 …
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Botswana : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2008
sustainability, indicating no threat to external stability. Export performance and other indicators suggest a number of structural … competitiveness obstacles that could explain the low labor productivity and poor export and export diversification outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405503
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Stabilization and Growth in an Open Islamic Economy
International Monetary Fund - 1988
Islam proposes the replacement of an interest-based financial system with one which operates on the basis of risk and profit sharing. Using a general equilibrium model, this paper investigates some open-economy implications of the adoption of Islamic banking for growth and stabilization of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396001
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Pakistan's Macroeconomic Adjustment and Resumption of Growth, 1999-2004
International Monetary Fund - 2005
the turnaround in Pakistan''s external current account during this period; (2) while Pakistan''s growth was mainly export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400063
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Resource windfalls, macroeconomic stability and growth : the role of political institutions
Arezki, Rabah - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424793
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France : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2000
This paper presents an overview of the different methodologies that can be used to measure the amount of available slack in an economy. A comparison of these alternatives reveals that the evolution of the Nairu is crucial for understanding recent cyclical developments in the French economy. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403325
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Tunisia; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tunisia
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that Tunisia’s sound economic policies and pragmatic approach to structural reforms continue to bear fruit, as evidenced by strong growth and improved social indicators. Real GDP growth averaged 5 percent a year while the macroeconomic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244286
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Integrating Poor Countries into the World Trading System
International Monetary Fund - 2006
Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries’ trade policies and their development strategies. However, although greater trade openness promises faster growth for poor countries, it also presents risks to those with small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411036
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Decoupling From the East toward the West? : Analyses of Spillovers to the Baltic Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper uses VAR models to examine the magnitude and sources of growth spillovers to the Baltics from key trading partners, as well asfrom the real effective exchange rate (REER). Our results show there are significant cross-country spillovers to the Baltics with those from the EU outweighing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402484