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Latvia's macroeconomic options in the medium term : fiscal and monetary challenges of European Union membership
Monga, Célestin - 2004
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African Financial Sectors and the European Debt Crisis : Will Trouble Blow across the Sahara?
World Bank - 2013
The exposure of African financial sectors to global risks, including the likely fall-out of the on-going European debt crisis, continues to be limited. African financial sectors have received much recognition for their steady growth performance and resilience during and after the 2008 global...
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Overlooked : Examining the Impact of Disasters and Climate Shocks on Poverty in the Europe and Central Asia Region
World Bank - 2021
When a disaster strikes, it not only affects households' physical assets, but also their income levels and ability to contribute to the local economy. Critically, these socio-economic disparities shape not only the severity of shocks on household-level economies, but also the duration of...
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Capital Market Integration and MiFID Implementation : The Bulgarian Experience
World Bank - 2013
Bulgaria's financial integration with Europe has been essential in financing economic transition and spurring economic growth. As the sovereign debt turmoil in Europe casts a cloud over the financial sector, the development of capital markets over the medium term may offer a beneficial...
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Natural disasters and the dynamics of intangible assets
López, Ramón - 2009
temporary shock such as a natural disaster may leave permanent consequences for the economy. An obvious permanent effect of a … one-time disaster shock is that physical man-made and natural assets owned especially by poor households may end up … subsistence consumption out of depleted assets. However, not all permanent effects of a one-time shock are negative. Under certain …
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Mongolia economic retrospective, 2008-2010
2010
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Living through crises : how the food, fuel, and financial shocks affect the poor
Reva, Anna (contributor); Hossain, Naomi (contributor);  … - 2012
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Aggregate economic shocks, child schooling and child health
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2008
"Do aggregate economic shocks, such as those caused by macroeconomic crises or droughts, reduce child human capital? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they may transmit poverty from one generation to the next. This...
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Insurance against covariate shocks : the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa
Alderman, Harold - 2007
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