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Estimating Potential Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia
Mitra, Pritha; Hosny, Amr; Abajyan, Gohar; Fischer, Mark - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
The Middle East and Central Asia’s economic growth potential is slowing faster than in other emerging and developing regions, dampening hopes for reducing persistent unemployment and improving the region’s generally low living standards. Why? And is it possible to alter this...
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Tales From Two Neighbors; Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States
Cerisola, Martin D.; Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment-specific technical change, associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248234
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And Schumpeter Said, "This is How Thou Shalt Grow"; Further Quest for Economic Growth in Poor Countries
Beaugrand, Philippe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
The paper reviews the “stylized facts” on economic growth gathered by Easterly and Levine in their 2001 joint paper and illustrates some of the points made on the basis of data from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook on real growth and per capita GDP since 1970. The data show that the growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825901
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You Say You Want a Revolution; Information Technology and Growth
Morsink, James; Haacker, Markus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
The information technology (IT) revolution has arrived, but how much will it change the world? It has been established that IT is contributing to labor productivity growth through both increases in the levels of IT capital per worker and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769153
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Income and Democracy; Lipset's Law Revisited
Hoeffler, Anke; Bates, Robert H.; Fayad, Ghada - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We revisit Lipset‘s law, which posits a positive and significant relationship between income and democracy. Using … dynamic and heterogeneous panel data estimation techniques, we find a significant and negative relationship between income and … democracy: higher/lower incomes per capita hinder/trigger democratization. Decomposing overall income per capita into its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242229
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Factor Endowment, Structural Coherence, and Economic Growth
Che, Natasha Xingyuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper studies the linkage between structural coherence and economic growth. Structural coherence is defined as the degree that a country's industrial structure optimally reflects its factor endowment fundamentals. The paper found that at least for the overall capital, the shares of capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878416
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper reviews the extent to which growth in Ethiopia has translated into higher living standards. A key feature of the economic strategy has been an explicit commitment to poverty reduction and structural transformation. This is underpinned by the vision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244172
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Jamaica; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper analyzes Jamaica’s experience of low growth despite consistently high investment rates. It suggests that the link between public debt and productivity is part of the answer to the puzzle. The paper considers Jamaica’s debt management strategy and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244350
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Chad; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper aims at discussing the impact of the oil windfall on Chad, with a focus on growth, poverty, competitiveness, and fiscal policy challenges posed by the oil revenue outlook. The paper discusses the reforms needed to remove structural factors that constraints the non-oil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245496
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Mauritius; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; Statement by the Staff Representatives; and Sta...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The loss of trade preferences in textiles in 2005, the reform to the European Union’s sugar protocol for 2006–10, and higher international oil prices have brought about a permanent deterioration in Mauritius’s terms of trade. This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that...
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