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Demographic Transition in the Middle East; Implications for Growth, Employment, and Housing

Bhattacharya, Rina; Yousef, Tarik; Dhonte, Pierre - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

The working age population is expected to grow faster in the Middle East than in any other region in the world between now and 2015—rising annually by 2.7 percent, or 10 million people. This demographic explosion presents the region with a major challenge in terms of providing jobs, incomes,...

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Mongolia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This paper reviews Mongoliaâ€™s Economic Growth Support Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGSPRS) Implementation Progress Report 2004. Mongoliaâ€™s GDP grew by 5.6 percent in 2003, a fulfillment of the goal set out in the Main Guidelines for Economic and Social Development in 2003 to attain...

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Dominica; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

Poverty in Dominica exhibits the following: poor households tend to be larger than nonpoor households; poor households contain proportionately fewer persons of working age, and there is no significant difference in the gender distribution of poverty in the country. The challenges of this...

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Republic of Moldova; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Evaluation Report 2005

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This paper reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Evaluation Report 2005 for Moldova. Economic growth and income redistribution policies promoted in the context of Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGPRS) implementation contributed to higher incomes and improved access of...

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Bangladesh; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the surprising strength of remittances in Bangladesh and other countries in South Asia and the Philippines in 2009. The empirical analysis suggests that the continued strong growth of remittances in these countries is related to the resilience of non-oil GDP...

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Emigration and Brain Drain; Evidence From the Caribbean

Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and … migration rates are particularly striking for the highskilled. Many countries have lost more than 70 percent of their labor … in 2002. Simple welfare calculations suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration (ceteris paribus) outweigh the …

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Do the Gulf Oil-Producing Countries Influence Regional Growth? T+L3886he Impact of Financial and Remittance Flows

Ilahi, Nadeem; Shendy, Riham - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper tests the association between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' financial and remittance outflows and regional growth in the Middle East. The findings, based on 35-year panel data, indicate that growth rates of real GDP, private consumption and private investment in...

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Business Cycles and Workers' Remittances; How Do Migrant Workers Respond to Cyclical Movements of GDP At Home?

Sayan, Serdar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Workers' remittances are often argued to have a tendency to move countercyclically with the GDP in recipient countries since migrant workers are expected to remit more during down cycles of economic activity back home. Yet, how much to remit is a complex decision involving other factors, and...

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Regional Convergence and the Role of Federal Transfers in Canada

Swagel, Phillip; Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Kaufman, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

significant negative effect on output convergence?by discouraging migration within Canada?the Equalization transfers may have …

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A Model of Multiple Equilibria in Geographic Labor Mobility

Ubeda, Luis; Spilimbergo, Antonio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

migration patterns in response to local economic shocks. This approach explains the different behaviors of workers in different …

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