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China's impacts on SSA through the lens of growth and exports
Mu, Yibin; Wang, Chu; Wu, Dong - 2017
The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has … started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase … on the SSA's GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China's growth; (iii) compared to …
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Credit Booms and macroeconomic dynamics : stylized facts and lessons for low-income countries
Arena, Marco; Bouza, Serpil; Dabla-Norris, Era; … - 2015
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The development of local capital markets : rationale and challenges
Laeven, Luc - 2014
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Capital inflows, financial development, and domestic investment : determinants and inter-relationships
Luca, Oana; Spatafora, Nikola - 2012
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Income inequality in small states and the Caribbean : stylized facts and determinants
McIntyre, Meredith A.; Bejar, Pablo; Komatsuzaki, Takuji; … - 2021
Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a sample of small states finds that increased openness and...
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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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Proximity and horizontal policies : the backbone of export diversification and complexity
Salinas, Gonzalo - 2021
The lack of a clear link between general economic fundamentals and export diversification indicators in the literature has fueled the believe that industrial policies are an absolute requisite to diversify exports. This paper, however, does find a strong statistical connection between horizontal...
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Technological progress, artificial intelligence, and inclusive growth
Korinek, Anton; Schindler, Martin; Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 2021
Advances in artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to be labor-saving and to increase inequality and poverty around the globe. They also give rise to winner-takes-all dynamics that advantage highly skilled individuals and countries that are at the forefront of technological...
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How do climate shocks affect the impact of FDI, ODA and remittances on economic growth?
Drabo, Alassane - 2021
The three main financial inflows to developing countries have largely increased during the last two decades, despite the large debate in the literature regarding their effects on economic growth which is not yet clear-cut. An emerging literature investigates the dependence of their effects on...
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Demographic dividends, gender equality, and economic growth : the case of Cabo Verde
Marone, Heloisa - 2016
This study analyzes Cabo Verde's demographic transition from the perspective of gender equality. As the pace of the demographic transition slows, promoting gender equality and increasing women's labor force participation will be progressively more important in enhancing otherwise slow-growth...
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