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"This paper investigates how China's saving, investment, and saving-investment balance will evolve in the decades ahead …, cross-country empirical analysis shows that economywide saving and investment in China are higher than what would be …-saving and investment would both decline only mildly in the coming two decades, with ambiguous impact on the current account …
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"The author analyzes sectoral patterns of investment and saving in China-over time and compared with other countries …-to shed light on the factors driving high investment and on how saving is channeled into investment. The findings inform … several policy debates. Key findings include: (1) investment by enterprises distinguishes China from other countries and …
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. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project "Contractual Savings Institutions …
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inclusive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Modest investment rates despite attractive returns and low savings rates despite … inclusive growth, with special emphasis on the issues of savings and investment … environment is estimated at 3.5 percent. In light of South Africa's low national savings, the reemergence of high current account …
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"The authors investigate the extent and nature of distortions in the labor market in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire by using quantile regression analysis on employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector. They find that the labor markets in Côte d'Ivoire do not seem to be much distorted....
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"The authors address the economic impact of the labor force training program (PAFPA) developed for the informal sector in Côte d'Ivoire. The data contain a subsample of the participants in the agricultural sector, tailoring sector, and the electronics sector, and a comparable control group of...
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The Ivorian economy needs to sustain its growth momentum. During the last decade, Côte d’Ivoire’s growth performance has been impressive. To achieve its ambitious goal of reaching emerging market status within one or two generations, however, it needs to maintain the strong growth for many...
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