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Fintech, Female Employment, and Gender Inequality
Loko, Boileau - 2022
Fintech, which delivers financial services digitally, promises to promote financial inclusion and close the gender gap. Using a novel fintech dataset for 114 economies worldwide, this paper shows that fintech adoption significantly improves female employment and reduces gender inequality, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015060381
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Tourism Specialization and Economic Development
Piotrowski, John M. - 2009
The present paper investigates whether tourism specialization is a viable strategy for development. We estimate standard growth equations augmented with a variable measuring tourism specialization using instrumental variables techniques for a large cross-section of countries for the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677835
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Analyzing Fiscal Space Using the MAMS Model
Fund, International Monetary - 2009
This paper analyses economic implications and the transmission mechanisms of different options for creating and using fiscal space. For creating fiscal space, we consider prioritizing expenditures, raising revenue, and scaled-up aid. Fiscal space is used for increasing health and education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677888
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Growth and Productivity in Papua New Guinea.
Faal, Ebrima - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY -- III. TRENDS IN GDP AND PER CAPITA GDP GROWTH -- IV. GROWTH ACCOUNTING AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY -- V. IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDIUM-TERM GROWTH -- VI. DETERMINANTS OF PRODUCTIVITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- VII. SUMMARY AND...
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Exploring the Role of Public Expenditure in Advancing Female Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality
Britt, Charla - 2024
This paper discusses connections between female economic empowerment and government spending. It is an abbreviated overview for non-gender-experts on how fiscal expenditure may support female economic empowerment as an interim step toward advancing gender equality. From this perspective, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058659
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When Will Global Gender Gaps Close?
Badel, Alejandro - 2023
-linear) trends, over the next three centuries. This means that many women will likely not be able to fully use their abilities and … women's talents and abilities could persist perpetually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059151
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Digitalization and Gender Equality in Political Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gomes, Diego - 2023
We examine the impact of digitalization on people's perceptions of women as political leaders in 34 Sub-Saharan African … equality in political leadership. However, the intensive margin of usage does not appear to be significant. Furthermore, women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059364
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Legal Gender Equality as a Catalyst for Convergence
Sever, Can - 2022
The unequal treatment of women in the law is one of the most visible forms of gender inequality. Prevalent legal … constraints on the basis of gender prevent women, and thereby economies, from reaching their true potential. In this regard, this … field for women. Moreover, cross-country gaps in gender discriminatory laws have persisted and even widened over the years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015060209
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Investment and Growth Dynamics; An Empirical Assessment Applied to Benin
Samaké, Issouf - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
We investigate the nexus of public and private investment and assess the impact of both types of investment on growth. Using annual data for 1965-2005, we employ a coherent set of structural VAR outputs to model investment and growth in Benin. We find that in addition to institutional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826346
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Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth; A Summary of the Recent Literature
Lim, Ewe-Ghee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper summarizes recent arguments/findings on two aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI): its correlation with economic growth and its determinants. The first part focuses on recent literature regarding positive spillovers from FDI while the second deals with the determinants of FDI....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769019