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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper on Senegal’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper discusses the economic, social, and environmental performance of policies, the political and institutional environment, and the constraints weighing on its growth as well as the challenges to be addressed. The shortage of basic...
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El Salvador: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the National Strategy for Economic and Social Development
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The joint staff Advisory Note on Senegal’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper reviews policies and strategies required to push forward the authority’s agenda for high, sustained, and inclusive growth and poverty reduction. The private sector is recognized as the main engine of growth...
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Democratic Republic of São Tomé And Príncipe: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This paper discusses Second National Poverty Reduction Strategy II (NPRS-II) (2012–2016) for Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. A comparison of the results of the 2000 and 2010 poverty profile, based on the average income method, shows that there was progress in reducing poverty,...
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Guinea; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
of human rights and gender equality and supportive of the rule of law. It sets out medium-term policies that Guinea …
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Union of the Comoros; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Progress Report: Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This review is on Comoros’ first full Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS). The macroeconomic developments outlined in the progress report are broadly in line with the assessment. Key policy challenges remain for the future. Progress in strengthening budget management has mixed during the...
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Guinea; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Extended Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2011–12 and the 2011 Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
The attached Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) on the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Guinea, prepared jointly by the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF, was distributed with the member country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) to the Executive Boards...
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Mauritius The Drivers of Growth—Can the Past be Extended?
Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna; Petri, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
savings rates; (ii) improving the efficiency of social spending and public enterprise reforms; (iii) investment in education … and education reforms; (iii) labor market reforms; and (iv) further measures to reduce bottlenecks and increase … productivity. With policies capable of generating 5 percent growth, Mauritius could reach high-income status in 2021, 4 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142138
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Social Returns to Education; Evidence From Italian Local Labor Market Areas
Dalmazzo, A.; Blasio, Guido De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The paper provides a quantitative assessment of social returns to education in Italy. It shows that, after controlling … for individual characteristics, local average human capital is positively correlated with individual wages, with estimated …
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Returns to Human Capital and Investment in New Technology
Luzio, Rodolfo; Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Kaufman, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper presents a simple framework that illustrates the link between skill-based wage differentiation and human capital acquisition given skill-biased technical progress. The analysis points to the economic costs resulting from labor market and income redistribution policies that prevent the...
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