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Mexico needs to broaden and deepen its financial system without compromising the financial stability gains of the last … streamlining key regulations for firms are key to increasing Mexico's competitiveness. This note provides a medium-term agenda for … supporting Mexico's competitiveness by fostering greater innovation. This policy note outlines short- and medium-term policy …
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from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study finds that the performance of migrants from countries with lower … initial occupational placement levels improves at a higher rate compared with that of migrants originating from countries with …
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"It is generally expected that immigrants do not fare as well as the native-born in the U.S. labor market. The literature also documents that Blacks experience lower labor market outcomes than Whites. This paper innovates by studying the interaction between race and immigration. The study...
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Mexico and the United States. And it discusses the efforts that private sector and government organizations are making to … differences between the countries' typical household incomes-national income per capita in Mexico in 2002 was US …
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Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African countries are adopting growth pole strategies in order to deepen the economic linkages...
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In a recent article in this series, the author discussed the indigenous principles that undergird the maintenance of social control among Buems of Buem-Kator on the Ghana side of the Ghana-Togo border in the Buem Traditional Area in the Jasikan District in the Volta Region of Ghana. The current...
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The paper describes the main methodological issues underlying the estimation of poverty rates for Croatia. Volume one focuses on the construction of the consumption aggregate as a summary measure of living standards which is the summary measure used to proxy living standards. Special attention...
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The paper describes the main methodological issues underlying the estimation of poverty rates for Croatia. Volume one focuses on the construction of the consumption aggregate as a summary measure of living standards which is the summary measure used to proxy living standards. Special attention...
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The role and relevance of Social Fund Community-Driven Development (SF/CDD) has been highly debated in the international development community. Some conceive these programs only as parallel and temporary arrangements that can ensure short-term delivery of development benefits. Others emphasize...
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