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We evaluate the impact of fiscal reforms on growth and inequality in Cambodia using a calibrated general equilibrium … model with heterogeneous agents (Peralta-Alva et al., 2018). Over the last two decades, Cambodia's consumption inequality …
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sustainability for three fast-growing Southeast Asian economies: Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. We show that a gradual public …
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investigative approach of ‘growth diagnostics'. The framework is used to forecast potential growth for Cambodia, and to conduct … simulations about the main drivers of growth in that country. The main result is that Cambodia compares less favorably against … infrastructure. Bridging this gap can lift Cambodia's potential growth by more than one percentage point …
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This paper takes stock of the global economic recovery a decade after the 2008 financial crisis. Output losses after the crisis appear to be persistent, irrespective of whether a country suffered a banking crisis in 2007-08. Sluggish investment was a key channel through which these losses...
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We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
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Cambodia, like its regional peers, offers a number of tax incentives to investors. This paper reviews these incentives …
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This study examines the socio-economic impact of special economic zones (SEZs) in Cambodia---a prominent place …-based policy established in 2005. The paper employs a database on existing and future SEZs in Cambodia with matched household …
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financial inclusion in Cambodia. Based on a difference-in-difference analysis on bank and microfinance supervisory data, results …
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income shocks arising from the Covid-19 pandemic: occupation in Cambodia, self-insurance mechanisms in Nepal, and financial …
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This paper reflects on the first year of the eNaira—the first CBDC in Africa. Despite the laudable undisrupted operation for the first full year, the CBDC project has not yet moved beyond the initial wave of limited adoption. Network effects suggest the initial low adoption spell will require...
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