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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048367
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From Transition to Market : Evidence and Growth Prospects
Sahay, Ratna; Végh Gramont, Carlos - 2021
This paper presents evidence on the behavior of output and inflation in the transition economies during 1992–95. A regression analysis explores the differences in output performance across the transition economies during this period. The paper then engages in a numerical, somewhat speculative,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212117
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Reforming the Public Pension System in the Russian Federation
Eich, Frank - 2012
Pension reform is a key policy challenge in Russia. This paper examines how pension spending could increase in Russia in the absence of reforms, quantifies the impact of some recent proposals, and suggests some alternatives that would ensure public pension benefits - relative to wages - not fall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098606
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Quantifying Impact of Aging Population on Fiscal Space
Park, Seok Gil - 2012
This paper quantitatively investigates how population aging trend affects fiscal space measured as unused revenue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098638
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China's Demography and its Implications
Lee, Il Houng - 2013
to 24 percent by 2030 and rising even more precipitously thereafter. This paper uses the permanent income hypothesis to … demography. We use a forward-looking and dynamic approach that considers the entire population distribution. We find that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082859
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Chronicle of a Decline Foretold : Has China Reached the Lewis Turning Point?
Das, Mitali - 2013
. Within a few years the working age population will reach a historical peak, and then begin a precipitous decline. This fact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086318
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Pension Reforms in Japan
Kashiwase, Kenichiro - 2013
This paper analyzes various reform options for Japan's public pension in light of large fiscal consolidation needs of the country. The most attractive option is to increase the pension eligibility age in line with high and rising life expectancy. This would have a positive effect on long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088412
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Shock from Graying : Is the Demographic Shift Weakening Monetary Policy Effectiveness
Imam, Patrick A. - 2013
Empirical evidence is mounting that, in advanced economies, changes in monetary policy have a more benign impact on the economy - given better anchored inflation expectations and inflation being less responsive to variation in unemployment - compared to the past. We examine another aspect that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075540
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Bridging the Mobile Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa : Costing under Demographic Change and Urbanization
Alper, C. Emre - 2020
-variant population projections to project the population densities at the highest level of administrative division for each SSA country …. These costs roughly translate to 8.4 percent of annual subscriber income, on a median basis, by 2025 for 4G and 4.9 percent … of subscriber income by 2040 for 5G. Having the infrastructure in place is not sufficient to bridge the mobile Digital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843526
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Is Asia Prepared for an Aging Population?
Heller, Peter - 2007
population is decidedly mixed. While growth policies have been successful, much work is still needed in many countries to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777961