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The Impact of Public Education Expenditureon Human Capital, Growth, and Poverty in Tanzania and Zambia : A General Equilibrium Approach
Thorbecke, Erik - 2001
for two Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs), Tanzania and Zambia. The simulation results suggest that education … education expenditure can be effective for poverty alleviation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400106
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Tanzania's Growth Process and Success in Reducing Poverty
Treichel, Volker - 2005
since 1995 has resulted in a significant decline of poverty and that prospects are favorable for Tanzania to attain its …Since 1995, Tanzania has made major progress in economic reform and macroeconomic stabilization, resulting in strong … growth and low inflation. This paper reviews Tanzania''s growth performance and prospects and assesses the impact of growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401136
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518909
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Pacific Island countries : in search of a trade strategy
Chen, Hong; Rauqeuqe, Lanieta; Singh, Shiu Raj; Wu, Yiqun; … - 2014
International trade is vital for economic prosperity in Pacific island countries, but their trade performance has been weak over the past decade with the exception of resource-rich countries. Small country size and remoteness from global economic centers may have contributed to this relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671844
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The slowdown in global trade : a symptom of a weak recovery
Aslam, Aqib; Boz, Emine; Cerutti, Eugenio M.; … - 2017
Global trade growth has slowed since 2012 relative both to its strong historical performance and to overall economic growth. This paper aims to quantify the role of weak economic growth and changes in its decomposition in accounting for the slowdown in trade using a reduced form and a structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763603
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Multidimensional approach to trade policy indicators
Cerdeiro, Diego A.; Nam, Rachel J. - 2018
We present and discuss a set of indicators to help assess countries' trade policies. The indicators relate to three policy areas - trade in goods, trade in services, and FDI. Given concerns about the direction of global trade policy, we also consider a set of more granular measures that reflect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011803986
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The Uruguay Round and Net Food Importers
Eiteljörge, Uwe - 1995
This paper attempts to assess the incremental external financing requirements occasioned by changes in world food prices, due to implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, for a sample of 57 developing countries. Based on estimates of changes in food prices due to the Round...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395317
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Food Prices and the Multiplier Effect of Trade Policy
Giordani, Paolo - 2014
This paper studies the relationship between trade policy and food prices. We show that, when individuals are loss averse, governments may use trade policy to shield the domestic economy from large food price shocks. This creates a complementarity between the price of food in international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411694
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Trade, Growth, and Poverty : A Selective Survey
Berg, Andrew - 2003
This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects … of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution … of growth and poverty reduction. Trade openness has important positive spillovers on other aspects of reform, however, so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404018
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Assessing bank competition within the East African Community
Sanya, Sarah; Gaertner, Matthew - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488223