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Albania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This paper examines the Progress Report for Albaniaâ€™s National Strategy for Socio-Economic Development (NSSED). 2002 was the first year of implementing the NSSED. The implementation process has been oriented toward achieving the annual objectives and in accordance with the program of...

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Burundi; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Burundi. The PRSP comes two and a half years after the approval in January 2004 by the Executive Boards of the IMF and the World Bank of the Interim PRSP (I-PRSP). The PRSP is also the outgrowth of a long period of negotiations...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242722

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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Samoa; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper on Samoa reports that remittances are the main source of foreign exchange to the Samoan economy. In addition to remittances, travel credits also play an important role in the economy. Official transfers are also significant, and should remain an important source of...

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Determinants of Emigrant Deposits in Cape Verde

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

In the last decade Cape Verde has experienced a strong accumulation of emigrant deposits. These deposits have provided much needed foreign exchange to the country, adding support to the exchange rate peg. This paper studies the long-run determinants of emigrant deposits with respect to risk,...

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A Real Model of Transitional Growth and Competitiveness in China

Lipschitz, Leslie; Verdier, Geneviève; Rochon, Céline - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

wages are sustained by a large reserve army of rural labor which drives internal migration, and (2) domestic capital is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825815

Macroeconomics of Migration in New Member States

Bems, Rudolfs; Schellekens, Philip - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS …

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A Theory of Workers' Remittances with An Application to Morocco

Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper provides a model on how altruism, "attachment" to the home country, and portfolio diversification may act as potential motives behind workers' remittances. It shows that the level of workers' remittances depends on how great are their degrees of altruism and "attachment" to their home...

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Migration, Human Capital, and Poverty in a Dual-Economy of a Developing Country

Masson, Paul R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

The coexistence of urban and rural poverty and migration to cities is studied in a dual economy model where the … acquisition of skills is costly and involves migration to urban areas. In this model, both the distribution of innate abilities … and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration decision, and costs of backmigration may produce an urban poverty …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826021

The Macroeconomics of Remittances; The Case of Tajikistan

Kireyev, Alexei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The paper seeks to assess the macroeconomic implications of large-scale inward remittances for a small open economy. By including remittances in several standard models, the paper concludes that the overall macroeconomic impact of remittances is likely to be ambiguous. The impact depends on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826166