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The Role of Structural Reforms in Raising Economic Growth in Central America
Swiston, Andrew - 2011
Central America experienced moderate growth during the last decade, including in the years leading up to the global financial crisis, but the rate of convergence toward advanced country income levels has still been slow. Moreover, forecasts imply that these trends will continue. What can be done...
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Impact of European Union Association Agreementson Mediterranean Countries
Ghesquière, Henri C. - 1998
By establishing free trade for industrial products in 12 years, the European Union’s Association Agreements with countries in the Mediterranean region seek to promote accelerated economic growth. This paper reviews the literature and evaluates the economic benefits and costs for Tunisia,...
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Does NGO Aid Go to the Poor? : Empirical Evidence From Europe
Nancy, Gilles - 2006
This paper studies the aid allocation of European nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Once population is controlled for, poverty consistently appears as the main worldwide determinant of NGO aid allocation. NGOs do not respond to strategic considerations. Their funding source does not seem to...
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Populism and civil society
Boeri, Tito; Mishra, Prachi; Papageorgiou, Chris; … - 2018
Populists claim to be the only legitimate representative of the people. Does it mean that there is no space for civil society? The issue is important because since Tocqueville (1835), associations and civil society have been recognized as a key factor in a healthy liberal democracy. We ask two...
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Bond Markets As Conduits for Capital Flows : How Does Asia Compare?
Luengnaruemitchai, Pipat - 2006
of financial integration or interrelatedness, asking how Asia compares with Europe and Latin America and with the base … participation in local markets and to intraregional cross holdings of Asian bonds generally. Further results based on a limited …
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International reserve adequacy in Central America
Bernard, Kristin Magnusson - 2011
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Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic : trade integration and economic performance
Medina Cas, Stephanie; Swiston, Andrew; Barrot, Luis-Diego - 2012
America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR … countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other regional integration initiatives in recent years, but this paper … constructed and suggest that the breadth of geographic trading relationships, depth of integration into global production …
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Developments in financial supervision and the use of macroprudential measures in Central America
Delgado, Fernando L.; Meza, Mynor - 2011
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The economic effects of fiscal consolidation with debt feedback
Estevão, Marcelo M.; Samake, Issouf - 2013
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Central bank financial strength in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Swiston, Andrew; Frantischek, Florencia; Gajdeczka, Przemek - 2014
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