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Productivity Growth and Structural Reform in Bulgaria : Restarting the Convergence Engine

Pouvelle, Cyril - 2012

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …

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Post-Covid-19 recovery and resilience : leveraging reforms for growth and inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hong, Gee Hee; Igan, Deniz; Lee, Do - 2021

Covid-19 has exacerbated economic and social vulnerabilities across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is a risk that growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important, especially with constrained scope for fiscal and monetary...

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The Transition Economies After Ten Years

Fischer, Stanley - 2000

This paper summarizes the macroeconomic performance of the transition economies. We first review the initial conditions confronting these economies, the reform strategy that was proposed, and the associated controversies that arose a decade ago. We then account for the widely different outcomes,...