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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 …
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Why is China Growing So Fast?
International Monetary Fund - 1997
Since 1978 the Chinese economy has grown on average more than 9 percenta year. Per capita income has nearly quadrupled in the past 15 years andsome analysts predict that within 20 years the Chinese economy will belarger than that of the United States. This pamphlet analyzes the reasonsfor the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403126
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Portugal; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable … evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but …. Portugal was an outstanding performer with double-digit productivity increases in large several high-tech industries. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825549
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Estimating Potential Output with a Multivariate Filter
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper develops a simple model for measuring potential output that uses data on inflation, unemployment, and capacity utilization. We apply the model to 10 countries, in addition to the United States and the euro area. While there is a substantial amount of uncertainty around our estimates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777014
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Burkina Faso: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
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Vietnam; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Vietnam has adopted effective policies and measures to accelerate its economic growth rate and reduce poverty while sustaining economic reform, and trying to achieve goals and targets that are set in the Five-year Socio-economic Development Plan 2001–05. The annual progress report, named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245365
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper focuses on Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The economic sectors have undergone significant restructuring. This restructuring has been concentrated on production capacities, quality and efficiency, thus contributing to economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245536
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Policies to promote competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi (contributor) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004682907
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Assessing Competitiveness Using Industry Unit Labor Costs : An Application to Slovakia
International Monetary Fund - 2012
, highlighting the dichotomy between productivity-driven long-run growth and short-run deviations from the underlying growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396613
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2015 Spillover Report
International Monetary Fund - 2015
Many countries around the globe, particularly the systemic advanced economies, face the challenge of closing output gaps and raising potential output growth. Addressing these challenges requires a package of macroeconomic, financial and structural policies that will boost both aggregate demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408561