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, imports, and per capita GDP growth to a “global” aid shock. We find that a global aid shock can affect exports, imports, and … ambiguous results in the existing literature. For most countries in the sample, when aid reduces exports and imports, it also … reduces growth; and, when aid increases exports and imports, it also increases growth. This evidence is consistent with a DD …
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lower investment and exports compared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects from …
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would also facilitate a reduction in inflation, which would moderate gold imports and favorably impact real exchange rate …
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trade, the panel analysis employs cointegration techniques to obtain reliable point estimates of EMU trade effects. Cross …
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Analysis of 1960-2002 data shows that average real GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa was low and decelerated continuously before starting to recover in the second part of the 1990s. Growth was driven primarily by factor accumulation with little role for total factor productivity (TFP) growth. The...
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This paper analyzes the weak growth performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during 1980-2000 using an empirical model of long-run growth. The relative importance of the factors affecting growth is shown to vary across 16 MENA countries. In GCC countries, where oil revenues...
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This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...
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Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality are explored in a global Computable General Equilibrium...
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This paper examines past African growth experience and attempts to simulate future ones. In addition to more commonly used determinants of total factor productivity, a measure of the effect of labor reallocation and an index of economic diversification are constructed and included as factors for...
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This paper presents a number of facts about growth in Latin America, and shows how critical correlates of growth have evolved over time. In comparison with other regions, Latin America has consistently exhibited higher macroeconomic volatility, lower openness, and higher income inequality,...
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