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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
, to end dependence on food aid, and to allow poor people to benefit from economic growth. It also assesses the challenges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591421
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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries; Issues and Policies
Khan, Mahmood Hasan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for reducing poverty, taking into account the functional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605040
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Foreign Aid and Consumption Smoothing; Evidence From Global Food Aid
Tiongson, Erwin; Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Global food aid is considered a critical consumption smoothing mechanism in many countries. However, its record of … stabilizing consumption has been mixed. This paper examines the cyclical properties of food aid with respect to food availability … in recipient countries, with a view to assessing its impact on consumption in some 150 developing countries and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605154
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Mexico; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: The Pension Annuity Market
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents a technical note on Mexico’s Financial Sector Assessment Program update. The Mexican experience displays interesting characteristics that provide lessons for other countries that still need to design the decumulation phase of their newly established second pillars. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244170
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Wage Flexibility in Turbulent Times; A Practitioner's Guide
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper reviews several methods to measure wage flexibility, and their suitability for evaluating the extent of such flexibility during times of structural change, when wage distributions and wage curves can be particularly volatile. The paper uses nonparametric estimation to capture possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248228
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Netherlands; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996
This Selected Issues paper examines the long-term issues with pension expenditures in the Netherlands. The paper highlights that the public pension for a single person is equal to 70 percent of the (statutory) minimum wage. The minimum wage and public pensions thus move in lock-step; they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252658
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Indonesia; Implementing National Policies in a Decentralized Context: Special Purpose Programs to Protect the Poor
Ahmad, Ehtisham; Leruth, Luc E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
In the context of continuing adjustments in the economy, the Government of Indonesia proposes to bring energy prices closer to long run marginal cost, while adequately compensating the poor. We focus on the constraints on central government policy objectives towards the poor as decentralization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263761
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The Impact of Tradeon Wages; What If Countries Are Not Small?
Tokutsu, Ichiro; Saito, Mika - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper explores the effect of trade on the relative wage of less-skilled labor through its effect on world prices, which are typically exogenously given under the small open economy assumption. Using the 1995 international input-output data for APEC member countries, we numerically simulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263956
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264106
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Financial Sustainability and Reform Options for the Albanian Pension Fund
Treichel, Volker - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper studies the financial sustainability of the Albanian pension fund and assesses possible options for its reform. The paper concludes that the pension fund is not sustainable in its current form and proposes for the urban scheme a combination of parametric changes to the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264178