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Cadot, Olivier - 2003

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Regulation and macroeconomic performance

Loayza, Norman - 2005

"Regulation is purportedly enacted to serve specific social purposes. In reality, however, it follows a more complex political economy process, where legitimate social goals are mixed with the objectives of particular interest groups. Whatever its justification and objectives, regulation can...

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Cameroon Country Economic Memorandum : Markets, Public Administration, and Growth

World Bank - 2016

To become an upper-middle income country by 2035, as targeted in its Vision 2035 document, Cameroon will have to increase productivity and unleash the potential of its private sector. Specifically, Cameroon's real GDP must grow by around 8 percent and 5.7 percent in per capita terms over...

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Donor fragmentation and bureaucratic quality in aid recipients

Knack, Stephen F. - 2004

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Localization and corruption : Panacea or Pandora's box?

Gurgur, Tugrul - 2005

"An extensive literature on the relationship between decentralization (or localization) and corruption has developed in … recent years. While some authors argue that there is a positive relationship between decentralization and corruption, others … claim that decentralization in fact leads to a reduction in the level of corruption. This important policy question has not …

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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies

Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and...

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AIDS and dualism : Ethiopia's burden under rational expectations

Bell, Clive - 2009

"An AIDS epidemic threatens Ethiopia with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback to capital formation and economic growth. The authors develop a two-sector model with three overlapping generations and intersectorally mobile labor, in which young adults...

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The quality of fiscal adjustment and the long-run growth impact of fiscal policy in Brazil

Blanco, Fernando - 2006

"The authors describe the main trends of Brazil's fiscal policy during the past decade and analyze (1) the ability to raise the primary surplus in response to external shocks, (2) the pro-cyclical nature of fiscal policy, and (3) the long-run impact of government expenditure composition and...

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A macroeconomic framework for quantifying growth and poverty reduction strategies in Niger

Bayraktar, Nihal - 2005

"The authors apply the dynamic macroeconomic framework developed by Agnor, Bayraktar, and El Aynaoui (2004) to Niger. As in the original model, linkages between foreign aid, public investment (disaggregated into education, infrastructure, and health), and growth are explicitly captured. Although...

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Regional, multilateral, and unilateral trade policies of MERCOSUR for growth and poverty reduction in Brazil

Gurgel, Angelo (contributor) - 2003

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