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We examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict … increases in the international food prices lead to a significant deterioration of democratic institutions and a significant … in the international food prices have no significant effects on democratic institutions and measures of intra …
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This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price … results yield two important findings. First, remittance and aid inflows significantly dampen the effect of food price shocks … effects of food price shocks compared to the corresponding aid-to-GDP ratio. …
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The macroeconomic effects of large food price swings can be broad and far-reaching, including the balance of payments … food commodity spot prices using the spline- GARCH approach. It finds that low frequency volatility is positively …
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This paper reports on progress made on Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan as of 2010. The operational goal for Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan is economic growth with increased employment and reduced inequality and poverty. The results for 2007–10...
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While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no systematic empirical analysis of this issue. In this paper, we construct an industry-level dataset for the United States, by combining information on the number of temporary work...
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Subsidy reform has been a key component of the pre-accession reform agenda of the 10 new member states that joined the EU in 2004 (EU-10). During the pre-accession period, these countries had to undertake a number of important structural reforms in their economies. One of the most critical...
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South-South trade agreements are proliferating: Developing countries signed 70 new agreements between 1990 and 2003. Yet the impact of these agreements is largely unknown. This paper focuses on the static effects of South-South preferential trade agreements stemming from changes in trade...
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This paper presents an overview of the economy of Hungary. The paper highlights that during the Fifth Five-Year Plan (1976–80), actual growth rates for almost all major plan aggregates remained below the targets. The lower targets set for the increase in both consumption and investment in...
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The government of Rwanda has recognized that economic development in most areas would have to be the responsibility of the private sector (particularly since military and civil service employment would be reduced), but that the public sector could still have a role in promoting economic equality...
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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes developments in the domestic economy of Uzbekistan. The paper highlights that after declining by 17½ percent during 1992–94, real GDP fell by only about 1 percent in 1995. The moderation in the output decline was due in part...
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