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The distribution of consumption in Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances, migration, and energy prices … could influence consumption and poverty rates in some unexpected and even counter-intuitive ways. Relatively well-off groups … proportion to their consumption. The consumption of relatively wealthy groups is linked directly to price of natural gas, while …
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"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and …
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"The economies of small developing states tend to be more fragile than those of large ones. This paper examines this …
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Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World examines the state of technology in developing countries and the pace with which it has advanced since the early 1990s. It reveals both encouraging and cautionary trends. On the one hand, the pace of technological...
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paper the authors bring these two strands of the literature together by studying the diffusion of plastic reinforced fiber …
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This note focuses on the regulatory and market environment relevant to the emergence and adoption of innovative delivery channels to promote greater financial inclusion in Malaysia. Financial inclusion is defined here not only as providing access to financial services, but also as enabling and...
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This Global Economic Prospects (GEP) is being released during a period of increased uncertainty following four years of record growth in developing countries, and a 15-year period of steady declines in poverty. Global growth slowed modestly in 2007, coming at 3.5 percent after 3.9 percent in...
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