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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244228
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245516
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Benin; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This abstract discusses Benin’s poverty reduction strategy (PRS1). The PRS1 serves as both a strategic frame of reference and a framework for dialogue with technical and financial partners (TFPs). The six major phases involved in the preparation of the growth and poverty reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245830
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Natural Resources, Volatility, and Inclusive Growth; Perspectives From the Middle East and North Africa
Nabli, Mustapha K.; Arezki, Rabah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper takes stock of the economic performance of resource rich countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the past forty years. While those countries have maintained high levels of income per capita, they have performed poorly when going beyond the assessment based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242320
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Public Debt and Productivity; The Difficult Quest for Growth in Jamaica
Blavy, Rodolphe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
provides evidence of a significant and negative relationship between total public debt and productivity growth. Looking at the … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768824
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Guyana; Why Has Growth Stopped? An Empirical Studyon the Stagnation of Economic Growth
Gold, Judith; Atoyan, Ruben; Staritz, Cornelia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
productivity, and than uses a panel regression framework to analyze the growth impact of changes in various factors. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769050
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The New Normal: A Sector-level Perspective on Productivity Trends in Advanced Economies
Dabla-Norris, Era; Guo, Si; Haksar, Vikram; Kim, Minsuk; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
product and labor market rigidities as well as innovation and investments in information technology and human capital in … distortions and the distance from the technology frontier. Productivity gains from reforms are large and materialize predominantly …Total factor productivity growth was stagnant or slowing in many advanced countries even prior to the crisis. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245883
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Structural Transformation and the sophistication of Production
Spatafora, Nicola; Anand, Rahul; Mishra, Saurabh - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
A new dataset on export sophistication reveals that in many countries the importance of modern services, and the sophistication of manufactured and service exports, has increased over time. However, this trend was less pronounced in LICs. Sophisticated sectors are more likely to act as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654173
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Nicaragua; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nicaragua reports that the most pressing demand for the majority of Nicaraguans is employment generation and economic growth. The National Development Plan (NDP) gives priority to actions that improve the investment climate and promote productive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591733
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The Elusive Gains From International Financial Integration
Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Jeanne, Olivier - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
from a take-off in domestic productivity of the magnitude observed in some of these countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605034