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Guinea; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are prepared by member countries in broad consultation with stakeholders and development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF. Updated every three years with annual progress reports, they describe the country’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245452
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Social Returns to Education; Evidence From Italian Local Labor Market Areas
Dalmazzo, A.; Blasio, Guido De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The paper provides a quantitative assessment of social returns to education in Italy. It shows that, after controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248310
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Composition of Government Expenditures and Demand for Education in Developing Countries
Matovu, John; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
costs for different levels of schooling, we show that reducing household costs of primary education has the largest positive … impact on growth and poverty reduction in the short run. Moreover, an increase in higher education spending increases long …-run growth. These effects can be substantial even when increasing education spending comes at the expense of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825657
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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investment; Evidence From Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V.; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Do the short and medium term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalization influence schooling and child labor decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in...
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A Hybrid Approach to Estimating the Efficiency of Public Spending on Education in Emerging and Developing Economies
Grigoli, Francesco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
The measurement of the efficiency of public education expenditure using parametric and non-parametric methods has … the efficiency of secondary education spending in emerging and developing economies. The approach accounts for the impact … of the level of development on education outcomes by constructing different efficiency frontiers for lower- and higher …
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Kyrgyz Republic; Medium-Term Development Program: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper focuses on the Medium-Term Development Program for the Kyrgyz Republic. The aim of this program is to put the economy of the country into a sustainable vector of development and improve the budget status to prevent social effects, increase living standard, and reduce poverty in the...
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Germany; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Germa...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The three-point VAT increase is part of a package in which unemployment payroll taxes will be reduced. Risks to the recovery are balanced but the range of forecasts for 2007 is unusually wide. The priority for Germany is to transmit its external strength to the domestic economy, thus further...
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Bulgaria: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key constraints to growth suggested by cross-country competitiveness studies. Bulgaria’s GDP has grown substantially since economic and financial stabilization in 1997. The global...
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The Human Cost of Recessions; Assessing It, Reducing It
Dao, Mai; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Recessions leave scars on the labor market. Over 200 million people across the globe are estimated to be unemployed at present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what is known about the effects of past recessions....
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Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries
Keller, Christian; Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
the health and education sector, as well as the labor market regime and the approach to tax administration. …
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