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Global Monitoring Report, 2007 : Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States

International Monetary Fund - 2007

The 2007 Global Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) assesses the contributions of developing countries, developed countries, and international financial institutions toward meeting universally agreed development commitments. Fourth in a series of annual reports leading...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403104

Institutional Development : Skill Transference Through a Reversal of ""Human Capital Flight"" or Technical Assistance

International Monetary Fund - 1997

We examine the issue of technical assistance versus brain drain repatriation as alternative strategies for transferring scarce skills to a skill-poor economy. Technical assistance relies mainly on expatriate skills and labor from the host country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400864

Theoretical Aspects of Growth in Developing Countries : External Debt Dynamics and the Role of Human Capital

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper formulates a simple aggregate growth model that is capable of assessing the impact of macroeconomic policies on the long-term performance of a developing country. The model emphasizes expenditures on human capital and the dynamics of external debt, and yields empirically testable...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396208

Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth

International Monetary Fund - 2012

This paper studies the impact of the level and volatility of the commodity terms of trade on economic growth, as well as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital acquisition. We use the standard system GMM approach as well as...

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Human Capital Flight : Impact of Migrationon Income and Growth

International Monetary Fund - 1994

This paper analyses the impact of government tax and subsidy policy on immigration of human capital and the effect of such immigration on growth and incomes. In the context of a two-country endogenous growth model with heterogeneous agents and human capital accumulation, we argue that human...

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The Quality of Governance : Second-Generation Civil Service Reform in Africa

International Monetary Fund - 1998

This paper argues that the development of human capital in the public sector should be an important ingredient in any proposed set of “second-generation” reforms for Africa. In the post-colonial era the quality of governance has seriously declined, and the stock of human capital in the...

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Sweden : 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that a broad-based economic upturn is under way in Sweden, spurred by …

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Sweden : Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund - 2000

In Sweden, the authorities have indicated that their medium-term fiscal strategy is based on restraining expenditures …

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Sweden : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2002

This Selected Issues paper on Sweden analyzes possible adjustments to the fiscal framework that the authorities may … wish to consider. The paper starts with a brief description of Sweden’s fiscal framework, followed by an assessment of the … framework’s strengths and weaknesses. The scope for stabilization policy in Sweden is analyzed. The paper describes the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406368

Sweden : 2002 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden

International Monetary Fund - 2002

weakness led to slower growth of Sweden in 2001. Private consumption stagnated despite rising disposable income, owing to …

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