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The output contractions during the initial transition stages in the Baltics and in Russia and the other CIS countries are examined across several dimensions, and the reliability of the available official statistics evaluated. The depth, length and breadth of the contractions are studied and set...
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This paper reviews the uneven record of fiscal performance in the states of the former Soviet Union since independence. Deficits have come down rapidly, an important contribution to stabilization. Given, however, the unexpectedly severe revenue decline and limited financing, the stabilization...
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Russia, the Baltic states and the other countries of the former Soviet Union inherited health and education systems that were in need of substantial structural and financial reform. In spite of a sharp decline of real resources, this reform has barely begun. While health and education have not...
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After impressive growth in the 2000s, China's productivity has more recently stagnated. We use firm-level data to … analyze productivity and firm dynamism trends from 2003 to 2018. We document six facts that together show a decline in China … explaining China's sluggish TFP growth and that SOE reform could boost productivity growth indirectly by stimulating business …
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China’s current growth model— which has delivered steady and robust growth for two decades and lifted some 500 million … continued reliance on capital accumulation, China can grow at a healthy pace and maintain its convergence toward the level of … high income economies. Evidence from China’s provinces indicates that there is room to improve productivity and sustain …
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This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China …. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China’s investment and export …. Across China’s provinces, divergences in per capita incomes are driven by the relative level of capital-intensity, public …
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The paper analyzes the recent growth dynamics in China, evaluating both cyclical positions and long-term growth … likely and needed in the near term to restore the economy to equilibrium. In the medium term, growth will slow as China moves …
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