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Can a Rule-Based Monetary Policy Framework Work in a Developing Country? The Case of Yemen

Elekdag, Selim - 2007

Monetary policy in Yemen is largely rudimentary and ad hoc in nature. The Central Bank of Yemen's (CBY) approach has … argues in favor of a new formal monetary policy framework for Yemen emphasizing a proactive and rule-based approach with a …

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How Can Burundi Raise Its Growth Rate?The Impact of Civil Conflicts and State Intervention on Burundi's Growth Performance

Basdevant, Olivier - 2009

Over the last thirty years Burundi's low economic growth has led to a significant decline in per capita GDP. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on supply-side constraints that prevented Burundi's economy from growing faster. Lack of investment, civil conflict, economic inefficiencies,...

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Climate Shocks and Domestic Conflicts in Africa

Diallo, Yoro - 2022

This paper analyzes the interlinkages between climate shocks, domestic conflicts, and policy resilience in Africa. It builds on a Correlated Random Effect model to asess these interrelationships on a broad sample of 51 African countries over the 1990-2018 period. We find suggestive evidence that...

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Targeting Social Transfers to the Poor in Mexico

Coady, David - 2009

Mexico's main social support program, Oportunidades, combines two methods to target cash to poor households: an initial self-selection by households who acquire knowledge about the program and apply for benefits, followed by an administrative determination of eligibility based on a means test....

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Harnessing Satellite Data to Improve Social Assistance Targeting in the Eastern Caribbean

Chen, Sophia - 2024

Prioritizing populations most in need of social assistance is an important policy decision. In the Eastern Caribbean, social assistance targeting is constrained by limited data and the need for rapid support in times of large economic and natural disaster shocks. We leverage recent advances in...

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Rising Child Poverty in Europe: Mitigating the Scarring from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2023

Child poverty increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, the number of children suffering from … potential scarring effect of the pandemic, policies should be deployed to reduce rapidly the number of children affected by … poverty and mitigate the long-term impact of poverty. Reducing the number of children affected by poverty can be achieved by …

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The Economics of Political Transitions; Implications for the Arab Spring

Khandelwal, Padamja; Roitman, Agustin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Over the past two years, ongoing political transitions in many Arab countries have led to social unrest and an economic downturn. This paper examines comparable historical episodes of political instability to derive implications for the near- and medium-term economic outlook in the Arab...

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Middle East Transitions: A Long, Hard Road

Yusuf, Shahid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

Since the onset of the Arab Spring, economic uncertainty in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen (Arab …

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Economic Performance Over the Conflict Cycle

Staines, Nicholas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

The paper finds a significant shift in the economic characteristics of civil conflicts during the1990s. Conflicts have become shorter but with more severe contractions and a stronger recovery of growth. The overall length and cost of the conflict cycle has probably declined. The stance of...

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Political Instability and Growth; The Central African Republic

Ghura, Dhaneshwar; Mercereau, Benoît - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper provides empirical evidence that the propensity for political instability in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) has been increased by low tax revenues and deteriorations in the terms of trade. The direct effect of political instability on economic growth is not statistically...

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