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Benin; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Benin has been implementing a national poverty reduction strategy for sustainable human development. The government of Benin judiciously stressed the development of the social sector and improved governance to develop human resources and enhance the effectiveness of its actions so as to lay the...
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Benin; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper reviews the Annual Progress Report (APR) on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) on Benin. The APR presents an overview of the implementation of the strategy addressing in turn the new vision of development in Benin, the major projects initiated for the creation of national wealth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245085
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Benin; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—2005 Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) was developed based on a long participatory process based on an institutional mechanism involving all socioeconomic development actors in the country. The annual review of the PRSP seeks to assess the results achieved in the implementation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245136
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Ghana; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Ghana’s current socio-economic development agenda is to attain middle-income status. The emphasis is on changing the structure of the economy by developing the private sector, diversifying the export base, and increasing agricultural productivity and rural incomes. The importance is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245402
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Benin; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This abstract discusses Benin’s poverty reduction strategy (PRS1). The PRS1 serves as both a strategic frame of reference and a framework for dialogue with technical and financial partners (TFPs). The six major phases involved in the preparation of the growth and poverty reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245830
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The New Normal: A Sector-level Perspective on Productivity Trends in Advanced Economies
Dabla-Norris, Era; Guo, Si; Haksar, Vikram; Kim, Minsuk; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
product and labor market rigidities as well as innovation and investments in information technology and human capital in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245883
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Sector-Level Productivity, Structural Change, and Rebalancing in China
Nabar, Malhar; Yan, Kai - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper studies structural changes underlying China's remarkable and unprecedented growth in recent years. While patterns of structural transformation across China's provinces are broadly in line with international experience, one important difference is in labor productivity differentials...
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Das Public Kapital: How Much Would Higher German Public Investment Help Germany and the Euro Area?
Elekdag, Selim; Muir, Dirk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Given the backdrop of pressing infrastructure needs, this paper argues that higher German public investment would not only stimulate domestic demand in the near term and reduce the current account surplus, but would also raise output over the longer-run as well as generate beneficial regional...
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Germany; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Germany’s economic rebound of 2010–11 gave way to weakening momentum during the course of 2012. Although exports to non-European trading partners began to recover by mid-2012, in line with improved prospects in the United States and...
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Tests of German Resilience
Bornhorst, Fabian; Mody, Ashoka - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
. But Germany has almost equally consistently run current account surpluses. Exports have powered the dynamic phases and … delivery of services, will be good for Germany and for the global economy. Absent such an effort, German growth will remain … constrained, and Germany will play only a modest role in spurring growth elsewhere. …
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