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Sudan: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper focuses on Sudan’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRPS). I-PRSP will support existing planning and budgeting instruments, including the 3-Year Salvation Economic Program (SEP) 2012–2014 and the 5-Year Development Plan (2012–2016), by strengthening the...
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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investment; Evidence From Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V.; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Do the short and medium term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalization influence schooling and child labor decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in...
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Inclusive Growth; An Application of the Social Opportunity Function to Selected African Countries
Adedeji, Olumuyiwa; Du, Huancheng; Opoku-Afari, Maxwell - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
last decade in the selected countries came with increased average opportunities in education and health; but distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242365
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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...
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Mali; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Mali’s territorial integrity is threatened, questioning its internal capacity to face challenges and especially to ensure the physical safety of goods and individuals. The government is committed to implement all measures to overcome this situation. More specifically, it will increase...
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Education Attainment in Public Administration Around the World; Evidence from a New Dataset
Arezki, Rabah; Lui, Herbert; Quintyn, Marc; Toscani, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
The paper provides a detailed description of a novel dataset on education attainment in public administrations covering … heterogeneity across regions when considering a non quality-adjusted measure of education attainment in public administrations … differing from that of standard measures of education attainment for the general population. The dataset also allows us to …
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The Making of a Continental Financial System: Lessons for Europe from Early American History
Gaspar, Vitor - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Alexander Hamilton was the first U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1789 to 1795. When he started, the Federal Government was in default. During his tenure, U.S. Treasuries became the ultimate safe asset. He successfully managed expectations, achieved debt service reduction, and stabilized financial...
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Social Returns to Education; Evidence From Italian Local Labor Market Areas
Dalmazzo, A.; Blasio, Guido De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The paper provides a quantitative assessment of social returns to education in Italy. It shows that, after controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248310
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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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A Banking Union for the Euro Area
Goyal, Rishi; Brooks, Petya Koeva; Pradhan, Mahmood; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The SDN elaborates the case for, and the design of, a banking union for the euro area. It discusses the benefits and costs of a banking union, presents a steady state view of the banking union, elaborates difficult transition issues, and briefly discusses broader EU issues. As such, it assesses...
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