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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
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How Does Political Instability Affect Economic Growth?
Aisen, Ari; Veiga, Francisco José - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839352
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Ireland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
the catch-up in labor utilization productivity and use independent demographic projections and other considerations to … make reasonable assumptions about labor productivity and utilization growth in the future. It uses a simple growth …-accounting framework, and discusses the trends in labor utilization and productivity per hour in the past. The paper also describes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825025
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Emerging Markets in Transition: Growth Prospects and Challenges
Cubeddu, Luis M.; Culiuc, Alexander; Fayad, Ghada; Gao, Yuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
After a short-lived slowdown in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis and a swift rebound, emerging markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the post-crisis peak of 2010-11, as well as the rates seen in the decade before the...
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Africa Rising: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend
Drummond, Paulo; Thakoor, Vimal; Yu, Shu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Africa will account for 80 percent of the projected 4 billion increase in the global population by 2100. The accompanying increase in its working age population creates a window of opportunity, which if properly harnessed, can translate into higher growth and yield a demographic dividend. We...
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Djibouti; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This Joint Staff Advisory Note focuses on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Djibouti. Djibouti’s National Initiative for Social Development (“Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Social‖INDS) provides a comprehensive vision for economic growth and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244186
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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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Benin; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Benin has been implementing a national poverty reduction strategy for sustainable human development. The government of Benin judiciously stressed the development of the social sector and improved governance to develop human resources and enhance the effectiveness of its actions so as to lay the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244284