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Demographic Dividends, Gender Equality, and Economic Growth : The Case of Cabo Verde

Marone, Heloisa - 2016

This study analyzes Cabo Verde's demographic transition from the perspective of gender equality. As the pace of the demographic transition slows, promoting gender equality and increasing women's labor force participation will be progressively more important in enhancing otherwise slow-growth...

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Why Do Some Countries Manage to Extract Growth from Foreign Aid?

Ruhashyankiko, Jean-François - 2021

Aid is primarily given to governments whereas the engine of sustained growth is the private sector. It is therefore illusory to investigate the impact of aid on growth without considering the impact of government interventions on the private sector. The model shows how these interventions...

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A Unified Model of Cohort Mortality for Economic Analysis

Moreau, Flavien; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - 2021

We propose a dynamic production function of population health and mortality from birth onwards. Our parsimonious model … provides an excellent fit for the mortality and survival curves for both primate and human populations since 1816. The model … mortality gradients across socio-economic statuses, (ii) non-monotonic dynamic effects of in-utero shocks, (iii) persistent or …

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Debt Sustainability Analyses for Low-Income Countries : An Assessment of Projection Performance

Mooney, Henry - 2017

This paper develops new error assessment methods to evaluate the performance of debt sustainability analyses (DSAs) for low-income countries (LICs) from 2005-2015. We find some evidence of a bias towards optimism for public and external debt projections, which was most appreciable for LICs with...

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Financial Deepening, Terms of Trade Shocks, and Growth Volatility in Low-Income Countries

Kpodar, Kangni - 2019

This paper contributes to the literature by looking at the possible relevance of the structure of the financial system-whether financial intermediation is performed through banks or markets-for macroeconomic volatility, against the backdrop of increased policy attention on strengthening growth...

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Spillovers from the Maturing of China's Economy

Dizioli, Allan - 2016

China's transition to a new growth model continues and the impact has been felt across the globe. Several trends contribute to the 'maturing' of China's economy: i) structural slowing on the convergence path; ii) on-shoring deepening; and iii) demand rebalancing from investment towards...

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Spillovers from China's Growth Slowdown and Rebalancing to the ASEAN-5 Economies

Dizioli, Allan - 2016

After many years of rapid expansion, China's growth is slowing to more sustainable levels and is rebalancing, with consumption becoming the main growth driver. This transition is likely to have negative effects on its trading partners in the near term. This paper studies the potential spillovers...

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What Happens If Central Banks Misdiagnose a Slowdown in Potential Output

Bakker, Bas Berend - 2019

In the last few decades, real GDP growth and investment in advanced countries have declined in tandem. This slowdown was not the result of weak demand (there has been no shift along the Okun curve), but of a decline in potential output growth (which has shifted the Okun curve to the left). We...

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Harnessing Resource Wealth for Inclusive Growth in Fragile States

Deléchat, Corinne - 2015

Like other fragile sub-Saharan African countries, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are seeking to harness their natural resource potential in the context of ambitious development strategies. This study investigates options for scaling up public investment and expanding social...

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Sex Discrimination and Growth

Esteve-Volart, Berta - 2021

This paper argues that sex discrimination is an inefficient practice. We model sex discrimination as the complete exclusion of females from the labor market or as the exclusion of females from managerial positions. The former implies a reduction in GDP per capita; the latter distorts the...

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