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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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last decade in the selected countries came with increased average opportunities in education and health; but distribution …
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This paper presents findings of the First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for the Republic of Kosovo. The …
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This article summarizes the financial performance and crisis management of the Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo’s economic … condition shows stability in systematic risks, but it also has vulnerabilities. Kosovo banks are exposed to macrofinancial risks … because of its open economy, but the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (CBK) has immensely promoted the growth and …
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This staff report on the Republic of Kosovo’s 2013 Article IV Consultation focuses on economic and financial developments. Kosovo’s economy is excessively dependent on inflows from the diaspora. It is found that while these inflows support incomes, they finance primarily...
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This staff report discusses the Republic of Kosovo’s request for a Stand-By Arrangement. Kosovo is in the final …
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This paper presents the first assessment report under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Kosovo. The policies under …
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Kosovo is still in the process of building key social and economic institutions. Economic performance over the past …
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This paper discusses Kosovo’s Fifth Review Under the Stand-by Arrangement. All end-August 2013 and continuous performance criteria were met, as a renewed shortfall in customs collection was over-compensated by underexecution of spending. A prior action on issuing a government decision...
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Labor markets in the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and …
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