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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825998
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Bhutan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Bhutan has evolved from a closed economy to a trading nation that exhibits a high degree of dependence on trade. Exports have grown rapidly but overall the country’s trade deficit continues to widen owing to an even faster growth in the value of imports. The manufacturing and industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243582
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Chad; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper aims at discussing the impact of the oil windfall on Chad, with a focus on growth, poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245496
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Short-And Long-Term Poverty and Social Policy in a "Snakes and Ladders" Model of Growth
Cuevas, Alfredo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
Throughout the world, the great popularity of programs to protect those who may fall into poverty stands in contrast … with the weakness of policies aimed at helping individuals who are already poor to overcome long-term poverty. In the paper …, an OLG model with persistent poverty and limited social mobility is used to explore some of the reasons for the different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826665
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Two Sides of the Same Coin? Rebalancing and Inclusive Growth in China
Lee, Il Houng; Syed, Murtaza H.; Wang, Xin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China’s investment and export-led growth model. Between Chinese households, we find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790266
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The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth; Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Asia
Balakrishnan, Ravi; Steinberg, Chad; Syed, Murtaza H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased …, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242249
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Inclusive Growth; Measurement and Determinants
Anand, Rahul; Mishra, Saurabh; Peiris, Shanaka J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We estimate a unified measure of inclusive growth for emerging markets by integrating their economic growth performance and income distribution outcomes, using data over three decades. Country distributions are calibrated by combining PPP GDP per capita and income distribution from survey data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242387
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Guyana; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report 2005
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
government within the framework of the poverty reduction strategy. However, additional resources will have to be mobilized for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243607
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The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Selected Issue: Medium-Term Economic Reform Strategy, and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper aims to present a medium-term reform strategy that could be pursued by Libya to accelerate its transition to a market economy. The paper reviews the main characteristics of the Libyan economy, and medium-term prospects under current policies. It examines the priority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245827
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Republic of Kazakhstan; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Detailed Assessments and Updates of Financial Sector Standards and Codes
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper presents a Detailed Assessment and Updates of Financial Sector Standards and Codes for Kazakhstan. The assessment reveals that although Kazakhstan’s banking system is liquid, there are significant variations from bank to bank, with the distinctions between the tenge and foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252763