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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245649
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Guinea; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers on Guinea explains medium-term development framework to achieve Millennium Development Goals and fulfill the authorities’ vision of Guinea as an emerging economy in 15 to 25 years, respectful of human rights and gender equality and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242909
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China; Does Government Health and Education Spending Boost Consumption?
Barnett, Steven; Brooks, Ray - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
saving and increased consumption. The main findings are that spending on health, but not education, had an impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561091
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The Distributional Bias of Public Education; Causes and Consequences
Gradstein, Mark; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
While public education is often intended to be progressive in its effects on income distribution, in reality its … in appropriating a larger share of public education spending thereby preventing inequality reduction. The empirical part … provides tentative support for this view, showing that the progressiveness of public education spending is related to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826262
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Democratic Republic of the Congo; Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Joint Advisory Note on the Democratic Republic of the Congo discusses economic growth and employment-creating sectors. The agriculture and mining sectors are projected to continue their expansion, while simultaneously raising labor productivity and freeing up labor. The urban population is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243111
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Identifying Constraints to Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP and Inequality: A Structural Framework for Policy
Dabla-Norris, Era; Ji, Yan; Townsend, Robert; Unsal, D. … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
We develop a micro-founded general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents to identify pertinent constraints to financial inclusion. We evaluate quantitatively the policy impacts of relaxing each of these constraints separately, and in combination, on GDP and inequality. We focus on three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163128
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Côte d’Ivoire; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Côte d’Ivoire's government decided on the National Development Plan to give a new impetus to its development policy. This new strategy is based on an ambitious and realistic recovery and development program centered on private and public investment. The institutional monitoring framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244156
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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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Singapore: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues Paper discusses some observations on Singapore’s monetary policy framework. Singapore’s monetary policy uses the nominal effective exchange rate (NEER) as the instrument in a basket-band-crawl framework. The paper finds that under some conditions an exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244386
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Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
delivery and incentives for school enrolment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244468