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Structural reforms and productivity growth in emerging market and developing economies

Dabla-Norris, Era; Ho, Giang; Kyobe, Annette - 2016

This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across countries at different stages of development, using a distance-to-frontier framework. It gauges whether particular policies and reforms matter more for increasing productivity...

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Importing inputs for climate change mitigation : the case of agricultural productivity

García-Verdú, Rodrigo; Meyer Cirkel, Alexis; … - 2019

This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to understand sources of cross-country variations in agricultural TFP levels and its growth rates. Two factors affecting agricultural TFP are analyzed in detail - imported...

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Tax Farming : A Radical Solution for Developing Country Tax Problems?

Stella, Peter - 1992

Systemic tax administration problems in many developing countries have led to a search for radical solutions. One such proposed solution is tax farming. Tax farming is a system wherein the right to collect taxes is auctioned off to the highest bidder. An analysis of the historical experience...

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The role of e-government in promoting Foreign Direct Investment inflows

Al-Sadiq, Ali J. - 2021

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International trade and corporate market power

Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus; Yang, Yuanchen - 2020

This paper examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is based on a large firm-level dataset, tariff data by sector and agreggate indicators of international...

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Remittance concentration and volatility : evidence from 72 developing countries

Hosny, Amr - 2020

This paper contributes to the literature by introducing the role of geographic concentration of the source of remittances. Specifically, using data over 2010-2015 for 72 developing countries, we study the impact of (i) large remittances and (ii) the geographic concentration of the source of...

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Some policy lessons from country applications of the DIG and DIGNAR models

Gurara, Daniel Zerfu; Melina, Giovanni; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - 2019

Over the past seven years, the DIG and DIGNAR models have complemented the IMF and World Bank debt sustainability framework (DSF) analysis, over 65 country applications. They have provided useful insights in the context of program and surveillance work, based on qualitative and quantitative...

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Do fiscal rules cause fiscal discipline over the electoral cycle?

Eklou, Kodjovi M.; Joanis, Marcelin - 2019

This paper estimates the causal effect of fiscal rules on political budget cycles in a sample of 67 developing countries over the period 1985-2007. We exploit the geographical pattern in the adoption of fiscal rules to isolate an exogenous source of variation in the adoption of national fiscal...

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Fair and inclusive markets : why dynamism matters

Aghion, Philippe; Chérif, Réda; Hasanov, Fuad - 2021

inequality are characterized by dynamism-a drive toward sophisticated export industries, innovation, and creative destruction and …

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Competition, innovation, and inclusive growth

Aghion, Philippe; Chérif, Réda; Hasanov, Fuad - 2021

We provide an overview of the theories and empricial evidence on the complex relationship among innovation, competition …, and inclusive growth. Competition and innovation-led growth are critical to drive productivity gains and support broad …-based growth. However, new technologies and trends in market concentration are stifling future innovation while contributing to the …

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