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Three Propositions on African Economic Growth
Dhonte, Pierre - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264269
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Inclusive Growth; An Application of the Social Opportunity Function to Selected African Countries
Adedeji, Olumuyiwa; Du, Huancheng; Opoku-Afari, Maxwell - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242365
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Africa Rising: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend
Drummond, Paulo; Thakoor, Vimal; Yu, Shu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Africa will account for 80 percent of the projected 4 billion increase in the global population by 2100. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959480
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The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa; What's the Damage?
Chami, Ralph; Barajas, Adolfo; Garg, Anjali; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating … percentage points, with migrants to Europe hardest hit while migrants within Africa relatively unaffected by the crisis. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519483
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Sub-Saharan Africa's Integration in the Global Financial Markets
Deléchat, Corinne; Wakeman-Linn, John; Wagh, Smita; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The paper uses a unique database covering 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries between 2000 and 2007 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528679
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The Role of Domestic Debt Markets in Economic Growth; An Empirical Investigation for Low-Income Countries and Emerging Markets
Abbas, S. M. Ali; Christensen, Jakob - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
We develop a new public domestic debt (DD) database covering 93 low-income countries and emerging markets over the 1975-2004 period to estimate the growth impact of DD. Moderate levels of non-inflationary DD, as a share of GDP and bank deposits, are found to exert a positive overall impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768875
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Africa - Is This the Turning Point?
Fischer, Stanley; Hernández-Catá, Ernesto; Khan, Mohsin S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605503
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The Pacific Speed of Growth; How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?
Yang, Yongzheng; Chen, Hong; Singh, Shiu raj; Singh, Baljeet - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
lower investment and exports compared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242206
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The East African Community; Prospects for Sustained Growth
McAuliffe, Catherine; Saxena, Sweta Chaman; Yabara, Masafumi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
The East African Community (EAC) has been among the fastest growing regions in sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242354
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China’s Path to Consumer-Based Growth; Reorienting Investment and Enhancing Efficiency
Lee, Il Houng; Syed, Murtaza H.; Xueyan, Liu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper proposes a possible framework for identifying excessive investment. Based on this method, it finds evidence … that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private … consumption has on average become more dependent on investment (rather than vice versa) and the impact is relatively short …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242435