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The Fund's existing facilities for low-income countries (LICs) provide a vehicle for the speedy provision of financial assistance to member countries hit by natural disasters, either through the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) or through augmentation of the funding already being provided through...
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Health Disasters and as presented in an informal session to brief Executive Directors on January 28, 2015. The paper …
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years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco … property aspects of health care …
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This paper describes how economic behavior in the market for health care in the United States is influenced by a range … of impediments to the functioning of the price mechanism which impart an upward bias to health care costs and imply … efficiency losses. The paper also considers how to reform the health care sector, with particular emphasis on finding a way of …
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government spending on health care and education, and social indicators. Unlike previous studies, where social indicators are … used as proxies for the unobservable health and education status of the population, this paper estimates a latent variable …
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The 2007 Article IV Consultation with the Kingdom of the Netherlands explains fiscal policy and financial sector issues. Improvements in the macroeconomic and business environments and technological innovation have contributed positively to Dutch competitiveness. Executive Directors emphasized...
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The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper discusses socioeconomic development in the Republic of Tajikistan. Although poverty reduction in rural areas is proceeding at a faster pace than in urban areas, poverty continues to be a predominantly rural phenomenon. In addition to improving the gender...
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The key findings of the Czech Republic’s 2010 Article IV Consultation are discussed. Large foreign direct investment inflows fostered trade integration, underpinning an export-led expansion. Higher initial standard of living contained consumption convergence pressures. An improved fiscal...
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An externally driven economic recovery has continued gathering strength in 2010 in Luxembourg. Executive Directors welcomed this development and the authorities’ supportive fiscal policy in 2010 as well as their role in stabilizing the financial sector. According to the Financial Sector...
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This 2012 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in Luxembourg slowed in 2011 amid the euro area sovereign debt crisis. Reflecting sluggish external demand, economic activity is expected to further weaken, with growth projected to decline to ½ percent in 2012. Executive...
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