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Does Openness Matter for Financial Development in Africa?
David, Antonio; Mlachila, Montfort; Moheeput, Ashwin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper analyzes the links between financial and trade openness and financial development in Sub-Saharan African … a general direct robust link between trade and capital account openness and financial development in SSA, once we … important for financial development in countries with better institutional quality. The findings might be due to a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790350
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Mexico; Experiences with Pro-Poor Expenditure Policies
Corbacho, Ana; Schwartz, Gerd - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Against the background of Mexico's persistently high degree of inequality, this paper analyzes the country's experience with pro-poor policies over the last decade. A number of important government initiatives, implemented since the mid-1990s, have aimed at improving distributional equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248152
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Is Asia Prepared for An Aging Population?
Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Many Asian countries (such as China, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines) will experience a significant aging of their populations during the next several decades. This paper explores how these aging Asian countries are addressing and anticipating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248253
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Health Care and its Financing in Italy; Issues and Reform Options
Reviglio, Franco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
In Italy, health care budget ceilings are not effective. The poor control by the central government results in excessive use of expensive inputs, in long waiting lines for medical procedures, and in the emergence of large arrears to suppliers and commercial banks. To fully gain the benefits of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263732
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Education and Health in G7 Countries; Achieving Better Outcomes with Less Spending
Gunnarsson, Victoria; Carcillo, Stéphane; Verhoeven, Marijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Enhancing the efficiency of education and health spending is a key policy challenge in G7 countries. The paper assesses this efficiency and seeks to establish a link between differences in efficiency across countries and policy and institutional factors. The findings suggest that reforms aimed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768819
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How Does the Introduction of Health Insurance Change the Equity in the Health Care Provision in Bulgaria?
Markova, Nora - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The study examines the effect of health care reform in Bulgaria in 1999 on the equity of health care financing. It explores the distribution of different types of health care financing by income. Furthermore, it separates the financial and social reasons for these differences, dividing them into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769303
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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Mid-Term Development Strategy
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
. Basic goals of the macroeconomic framework of the mid-term development strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina are to reduce the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005598984
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The Health Sector in the Slovak Republic; Efficiency and Reform
Gunnarsson, Victoria; Lugaresi, Sergio; Verhoeven, Marijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The paper assesses the financial situation of the health sector in the Slovak Republic. It also evaluates the efficiency of health expenditures and service delivery in comparison to the OECD and other new EU member states and suggests avenues for cost recovery and reform. The health sector of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605016
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An Analysis of U.S. Fiscal and Generational Imbalances; Who Will Pay and How?
Batini, Nicoletta; Guerreiro, Julia; Callegari, Giovanni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper updates existing measures of the U.S. fiscal gap to include federal laws up to and including the mid-December 2010 federal fiscal stimulus. It then applies the methodology of generational accounting to establish how the burden of adjustment required to attain fiscal sustainability is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019573
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Slovak Republic; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper on the Slovak Republic reviews efficiency and reform of the health sector. The immediate challenge for the health care system in the Slovak Republic is to improve health sector outcomes while containing public health spending. The Slovak health care system is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242841