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Quality of government and living standards : adjusting for the efficiency of public spending
Grigoli, Francesco; Ley, Eduardo - 2012
It is generally acknowledged that the government's output is difficult to define and its value is hard to measure. The practical solution, adopted by national accounts systems, is to equate output to input costs. However, several studies estimate significant inefficiencies in government...
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Social Security Reforms in Colombia
Clavijo, Sergio - 2009
This paper analyzes the economic rationale for adopting parametric pension reforms and reforms broadening the coverage of public health care in Colombia during 1993-2008. Parametric pension reforms have focused on increasing the retirement age and moderating replacement rates. The health system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677742
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Remittances and Social Safety Nets During COVID-19: Evidence From Georgia and the Kyrgyz Republic
Abidi, Nordine - 2023
Remittance flows in emerging market and developing economies were surprisingly resilient during the COVID-19 crisis, providing much-needed income support for remittance-receiving households. However, households were impacted differently across income distributions. Using novel high-frequency...
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Digitalization and Social Protection: Macro and Micro Lessons for Vietnam
Hosny, Amr - 2022
The COVID-19 shock has underscored the importance of digital tools for enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of social protection systems. Cross-country evidence suggests that digital IDs linked with bank and/or mobile money accounts can improve the delivery of social protection programs...
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Strengthening Social Protection to Pave the Way for Technological Innovation : Evidence from the U.S
Brollo, Fernanda - 2024
This paper investigates the impact of automation on the U.S. labor market from 2000 to 2007, specifically examining whether more generous social protection programs can mitigate negative effects. Following Acemoglu and Restrepo (2020), the study finds that areas with higher robot adoption...
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Strengthening Income Stabilization through Social Protection in Emerging and Developing Economies : The Brazilian Experience
Brollo, Fernanda - 2024
Social protection programs are crucial for stabilizing household income, especially during crises. Brazil's response to the pandemic, the Auxilio Emergencial (AE) program, demonstrated the value of a resilient social safety net and digital tools. This study assesses AE's effectiveness in income...
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Empirical Investigation of the Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Inflation in Tanzania.
Mwase, Nkunde - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MONEY, EXCHANGE RATES, AND INFLATION IN TANZANIA -- III. A SURVEY OF THE …
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Tanzania's Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate
Hobdari, Niko - 2008
Tanzania's real effective exchange rate (REER) has depreciated sharply since end-2000, reversing the appreciation that … approach, suggest that Tanzania's REER is currently modestly undervalued relative to its estimated equilibrium level. Looking … expected recovery in terms of trade. In addition, capital inflows to Tanzania could be significantly higher than cu …
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A Rule-Based Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Framework for Tanzania
Kim, Daehaeng - 2009
A zero net domestic financing (NDF) target has served Tanzania well in recent years, contributing to prudent …, may serve Tanzania better. The ""diamond rule"" proposed in this paper incorporates a permanent hard ceiling on debt and …
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Household Consumption Volatility and Poverty Risk : Case Studies from South Africa and Tanzania
Bellon, Matthieu - 2020
fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … are most prevalent and which consumption-smoothing mechanisms are available. In Tanzania, agricultural shocks are an …
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