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How Can Burundi Raise its Growth Rate? : The Impact of Civil Conflicts and State Interventionon 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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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? : a case study analysis

Balasubramanian, Sriram; Bounader, Lahcen; Bricco, Jana; … - 2021

Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...

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Trade and inclusive growth

Bacchetta, Marc; Cerra, Valerie; Piermartini, Roberta; … - 2021

This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...

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The Impact of External Indebtednesson Poverty in Low-Income Countries

Kalonji, Kadima D. - 2003

This paper explores the relationship between external debt and poverty. A number of observers have argued that high … external indebtedness is a major cause of poverty. Using the first-differenced general method of moments (GMM) estimator, the … paper models the impact of external debt on poverty, measured by life expectancy, infant mortality, and gross primary …

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When is Growth Pro-Poor? : Cross-Country Evidence

Kraay, Aart - 2004

Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …

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Economic impact of selected conflicts in the Middle East : what can we learn from the past?

Sab, Randa - 2014

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The development of local capital markets : rationale and challenges

Laeven, Luc - 2014

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Does child marriage matter for growth?

Mitra, Pritha; Pondi Endengle, Eric M.; Pant, Malika; … - 2020

Global attention to ending child marriage and its socio-economic consequences is gaining momentum. Ending child marriage is not only critical from a development perspective but it also has important economic implications. This paper is the first to quantify the relationship between child...

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The macroeconomic costs of conflict

Novta, Natalija; Pugacheva, Evgenia - 2020

Macroeconomic costs of conflict are generally very large, with GDP per capita about 28 percent lower ten years after conflict onset. This is overwhelmingly driven by private consumption, which falls by 25 percent ten years after conflict onset. Conflict is also associated with dramatic declines...

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Tax policy and inclusive growth

Abdel-Kader, Khaled; Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2020

This paper discusses the theory and practice of tax design to achieve an efficient and equitable outcome, id est in support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design. Then, it elaborates on more granular tax policy,...

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