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The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth : Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Asia
Balakrishnan, Ravi - 2013
This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia's recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these …, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia … policies that could help redress these trends and broaden the benefits of growth in Asia. These include fiscal policies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409435
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Financial Integration in Asia : Estimating the Risk-Sharing Gains for Australia and Other Nations
Mercereau, Benoît - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FINANCIAL INTEGRATION REDUCES RISK -- III. ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY AND DATA -- IV. RESULTS -- V. CONCLUSION -- Appendix. Data Sources and Construction -- References.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690982
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Bond Markets As Conduits for Capital Flows : How Does Asia Compare?
Luengnaruemitchai, Pipat - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES -- III. DATA AND SPECIFICATION -- IV. BASIC RESULTS -- V. SENSITIVITY CHECKS -- VI. CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT -- VII. THE COMPOSITION OF THE INVESTOR BASE -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691127
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The Distributional Impact of a Carbon Tax in Asia and the Pacific
Alonso, Cristian - 2022
carbon-intensive energy sources. Using household surveys, we study how a carbon tax may affect households in the Asia Pacific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015060363
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Macroeconomic Volatility : The Policy Lessons from Latin America
Singh, Anoop - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY IN LATIN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- III. ROLE OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES -- IV. WHAT'S NEW THIS TIME AROUND? -- V. REMAINING AGENDA -- VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691105
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Does Openness to International Financial Flows Raise Productivity Growth?
Prasad, Eswar - 2008
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between financial openness and total factor productivity (TFP) growth using an extensive dataset that includes various measures of productivity and financial openness for a large sample of countries. We find that de jure capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677369
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Who Pays the Bill? Distributional and Fiscal Consequences of Elevated Inflation in Thailand
Chote, Piyaporn - 2024
This paper analyzes the distributional impacts of inflation in Thailand. For that aim, the paper uses rich micro-survey data on 46,000 Thai households to study the effect of the recent elevated inflation on poverty, its distributional effects on different income levels, and the fiscal cost to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058708
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The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Honduras
Newhouse, David Locke - 2008
This paper uses household survey data to estimate the incidence of tax and spending programs in Honduras. Any such exercise is fraught with difficulty, so our simplifying assumptions are carefully explained. Rather than look at tax and spending completely independently, we evaluate net incidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677616
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The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth; Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Asia
Balakrishnan, Ravi; Steinberg, Chad; Syed, Murtaza H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia’s recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these …, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia … policies that could help redress these trends and broaden the benefits of growth in Asia. These include fiscal policies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242249
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Volatility and Growth in Latin America; An Episodic Approach
Sahay, Ratna; Goyal, Rishi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper compares the pattern of macroeconomic volatility in 17 Latin American countries during episodes of high and low growth since 1970, examining in particular the role of policy volatility. Macroeconomic outcomes are distinguished from macroeconomic policies, structural reforms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825787