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Political Institutions, State Building, and Tax Capacity : Crossing the Tipping Point

Gaspar, Vitor - 2017

capacity building, highlighting three important political ingredients: constitutive institutions, inclusive politics and …

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Tax Capacity and Growth : Is There a Tipping Point?

Gaspar, Vitor - 2017

Is there a minimum tax to GDP ratio associated with a significant acceleration in the process of growth and development? We give an empirical answer to this question by investigating the existence of a tipping point in tax-to-GDP levels. We use two separate databases: a novel contemporary...

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Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa : Unlocking the Peacemaking Potential of Women

Ouedraogo, Rasmané - 2019

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence. Quantitatively, our estimates show that an...

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Breaking the Curse of Sisyphus : An Empirical Analysis of Post-Conflict Economic Transitions

Cevik, Serhan - 2013

This paper provides a broad empirical analysis of the determinants of post-conflict economic transitions across the … risk of conflict recurrence as an explanatory variable in the growth regression, because post-conflict countries have a … domestic factors, including the estimated probability of conflict recurrence, as well as a range of external variables …

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Middle East Transitions : A Long, Hard Road

Yusuf, Shahid - 2014

Since the onset of the Arab Spring, economic uncertainty in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen (Arab Countries in Transition, ACTs) has slowed already sluggish growth; worsened unemployment, particularly of youth; undermined business confidence, affected tourist arrivals, and...

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Syria's Conflict Economy

Gobat, Jeanne - 2016

Five years into the ongoing and tragic conflict, the paper analyzes how Syria's economy and its people have been … what it was before the war started and it could take two decades or more for Syria to return to its pre-conflict GDP levels …

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Climate Shocks and Domestic Conflicts in Africa

Diallo, Yoro; Tapsoba, Rene - 2022

This paper analyzes the interlinkages between climate shocks, domestic conflicts, and policy resilience in Africa. It builds on a Correlated Random Effect model to asess these interrelationships on a broad sample of 51 African countries over the 1990-2018 period. We find suggestive evidence that...

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Launching Export Accelerations in Latin America and the World

Cerra, Valerie - 2017

institutions, a depreciated exchange rate, and agricultural reforms. Lower tariffs, participation in global value chains and …

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Inequality in Good and Bad Times : A Cross-Country Approach

Hacibedel, Burcu - 2019

This paper provides evidence of a strong relationship between the short-term dynamics of growth and inequality in developing economies. We find that reductions in inequality during growth upswings are largely reversed during growth slowdowns. Using a new methodology (mediation analysis), we...

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IMF-Supported Programs in Low Income Countries : Economic Impact Over the Short and Longer Term

Mumssen, Christian - 2014

This paper studies the short and longer-term impact of IMF engagement in Low-Income Countries (LICs) over nearly three decades. In contrast to earlier studies, we focus on a sample composed exclusively of LICs and disentangle the different effects of IMF longer-term engagement and short-term...

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