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Namibia; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Namibia
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that with generally prudent macroeconomic policies, Namibia has enjoyed robust growth, moderate inflation, and strong external surpluses. Growth is expected to increase to 4½ percent in 2006, after 4¼ percent in 2005, owing in part to a recovery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244194
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Botswana; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities for Botswana
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The staff report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation on Botswana highlights economic developments and monetary and exchange rate policy. Botswana’s growth has been fueled by continued increases in diamond production; and real diamond output is projected to level off, and then decline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244994
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Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries
Keller, Christian; Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
During the transition process, many existing social sector institutions and policies were significantly eroded and their underlying character changed. As a result, they often do not redistribute to the poorest, nor generally serve the role of facilitating economic change. Social sector reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264010
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Morocco; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
significantly reduce poverty and unemployment. Growth averaged 3 percent over the last decade. It has been volatile because of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824903
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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 … and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration decision, and costs of backmigration may produce an urban poverty … trap if unemployment lowers household wealth below the cost of skills acquisition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826021
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Lucas vs. Lucas; On Inequality and Growth
Cordoba, Juan Carlos; Verdier, Geneviève - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Lucas (2004) asserts that "Of the tendencies that are harmful to sound economics, the most seductive, and in my opinion the most poisonous, is to focus on questions of distribution... The potential for improving the lives of poor people by finding different ways of distributing current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599308
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper focuses on Senegal’s second poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP–II). It summarizes the results of the … document for growth and poverty reduction that draws legitimacy from an underlying participatory process, it sets poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242593
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Namibia; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Namib...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Namibia recorded robust real GDP growth, falling inflation, a strong external current account surplus, and continued low external indebtedness over the last two years. Real GDP grew by 6 percent in 2004, as new marine technologies prompted a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243600
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Republic of Moldova; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Evaluation Report 2005
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Evaluation Report 2005 for Moldova. Economic growth and income … redistribution policies promoted in the context of Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EGPRS) implementation contributed … to higher incomes and improved access of population to social services, which led to higher living standards and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243625
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Namibia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper analyzes unemployment and education in Namibia. Using the Afrobarometer Project survey data …, and unemployment. The paper finds that unemployment probabilities depend on the level of education. The paper also … describes the main features of poverty in Namibia and assesses the appropriateness of current as well as potential policies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243976