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Governance Matters IV : Governance Indicators for 1996-2004
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2012
The authors present the latest update of their aggregate governance indicators, together with new analysis of several issues related to the use of these measures. The governance indicators measure the following six dimensions of governance: (1) voice and accountability; (2) political instability...
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The level of productivity in traded and non-traded sectors for a large panel of countries
Mano, Rui; Castillo, Marola - 2015
This paper explains in detail the construction of series for productivity in the traded and nontraded sectors for a panel of 56 countries spanning 1989–2012. The level of productivity in each sector is defined as real value added per worker in constant 2005 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281918
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MTEFs and Fiscal Performance : Panel Data Evidence
Grigoli, Francesco; Mills, Zachary; Verhoeven, Marijn - 2013
In the last two decades more than 120 countries have adopted a version of a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). These are budget institutions whose rationale it is to enable the central government to make credible multi-year fiscal commitments. This paper analyzes a newly-collected dataset...
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Characterizing the Expenditure Uncertainties of Industrial Countries in the 21st Century
Heller, Peter S. - 2005
A number of uncertainties about long-term expenditure commitments in industrial countries are examined: (i) the assumptions underlying the projections, (ii) the potential to further reduce non-age-related expenditures, (iii) the implicitly assumed absence of ""shocks,"" and (iv) the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400928
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Gender-Responsive Government Budgeting
Sarraf, Feridoun - 2003
This paper examines the concept of gender-responsive government budgeting, promoted in recent years by women''s nongovernmental organizations, academia, and multilateral organizations, and the extent of its implementation by national governments in both advanced and developing countries. Owing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403656
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Implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya
Chandha, Rupa - 1996
This paper studies the implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya’s own trade regime and its external trading … environment. The analysis indicates that Kenya did not undertake significant liberalization commitments under the Uruguay Round …. There are however, several effects on Kenya’s external trading environment due to most-favored nation tariff cuts, erosion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396154
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Potential growth in emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul; Cheng, Kevin C.; Rehman, Sidra; Zhang, Longmei - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389478
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Estimating Global Climate Change Impacts on Hydropower Projects : Applications in India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam
Iimi, Atsushi - 2012
. Three projects are considered - in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The results are still tentative in terms of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552792
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Poverty and Survival Prospects of Vietnamese Children under Doi Moi
Wagstaff, Adam; Nguyen, Nga Nguyet - 2013
By international standards, and given its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved substantial reductions … inequalities in child survival are evident in Vietnam-a change from the early 1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop … progress among the poor will jeopardize Vietnam's chances of achieving the international development goals for child mortality …
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Potential Growth in Emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul - 2014
Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in potential … ASEAN countries has been rather stable and might even have increased marginally, with the notable exception of Vietnam …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394381