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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 development of local capital markets : rationale and challenges
Laeven, Luc - 2014
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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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Savings, Investment, and Growth in Mexico : Five Years After the Crisis
International Monetary Fund - 1989
Despite Mexico’s recent remarkable progress in adjusting its fiscal and external accounts and in restructuring its economy, the recovery of growth has remained elusive. This paper reviews some aspects of Mexico’s recent performance and suggests that systemic adjustment uncertainty, and...
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A Survey of Economic Policies and Macroeconomic Performance in Chile and Colombia, 1970-95
Clavijo, Sergio - 1995
This survey describes the timing and main macroeconomic results of the ambitious structural reforms adopted by Chile in the middle and late 1970s and by Colombia almost a decade later in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These reforms have enabled both countries to maintain vigorous real growth...
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Multi-Country Evidenceon the Effects of Macroeconomic, Financial and Trade Policieson Efficiency of Resource Utilization in the Developing Countries
Odedokun, M. O. - 1992
This study examines the effects of selected policies on economic efficiency in 81 developing countries by pooling cross-country data over various subperiods between 1961-90. An incremental output-capital ratio is the measure of economic efficiency, while the policy variables include: export...
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Natural resource taxation in Mexico : some considerations
Shah, Alpa - 2021
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Is there money on the table? : evidence on the magnitude of profit shifting in the extractive industries
Beer, Sebastian; Devlin, Dan - 2021
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Mining spillovers in Chile
Pérez Ruiz, Esther - 2017
estimates the effect of copper price shocks on mining, manufacturing, and construction-each embodying a sector type. The … empirical findings are for positive spillovers from mining to the other two sectors. However, the estimated size of the … spillovers seems modest, which raises the question of the potential for mining to be better integrated with the rest of the …
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Identifying the Linkages Between Major Mining Commodity Prices and China’s Economic Growth-Implications for Latin America
Yu, Yongzhen - 2011
Major mining commodity prices are inherently volatile and cyclical. High levels of investment in China have been a key …
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