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Harnessing resource wealth for inclusive growth in fragile states

Deléchat, Corinne; Yang, Shu-Chun S.; Clark, Will; … - 2015

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Harnessing Resource Wealth for Inclusive Growth in Fragile States

2015 - Delechat, Corinne ; Clark, Will ; Gupta, Pranav ; Kabedi-Mbuyi, Malangu ; Koulet-Vickot, Mesmin ; Macario, Carla ; Orav, Toomas ; Rosales, Manuel ; Tapsoba, Rene ; Zhdankin, Dmitry ; Yang, Susan ed

Like other fragile sub-Saharan African countries, C�te d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are seeking to harness their natural resource potential in the context of ambitious development strategies. This study investigates options for scaling up public investment and expanding social...

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Avoid a fall or fly again : turning points of state fragility

Akanbi, Olusegun A.; Georgiev, Nikolaj; Honda, Jiro; … - 2021

High persistence of state fragility (a fragility trap) suggests the presence of substantial benefits from avoiding a fall into fragility and considerable hurdles to successful exit from fragility. This paper empirically examines the factors that affect the turning points of entering and exiting...

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Climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa’s fragile states : evidence from panel estimations

Maino, Rodolfo; Emrullahu, Drilona - 2022

Fragile states in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face challenges to respond to the effects of climate shocks and rising temperatures. Fragility is linked to structural weaknesses, government failure, and lack of institutional basic functions. Against this setup, climate change could add to risks. A...

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Building statistical capacity in fragile and conflict-affected states

Medina Cas, Stephanie; Alem, Yasmin; Shirakawa, Jacinta … - 2022

Based on internal data, this paper finds that the capacity development program of the IMF's Statistics Department has prioritized technical assistance and training to fragile and conflict-affected states. These interventions have yielded only slightly weaker results in fragile states than in...

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How Useful Are Benefit Incidence Analyses of Public Education and Health Spending

Tiongson, Erwin - 2003

This paper provides a primer on benefit incidence analysis (BIA) for macroeconomists and a new data set on the benefit incidence of education and health spending covering 56 countries over 1960-2000, representing a significant improvement in quality and coverage over existing compilations. The...

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Social Impact of a Tax Reform : The Case of Ethiopia

Muñoz, Sònia - 2003

This paper provides an assessment of the poverty and social impact of replacing Ethiopia''s sales tax with a value-added tax (VAT). The results indicate that this reform has not had a major adverse effect on the poorest 40 percent of the population. The VAT is progressive in its incidence, and...

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Social repercussions of pandemics

Barrett, Philip; Chen, Sophia - 2021

Epidemics may have social scarring effects, increasing the likelihood of social unrest. They may also have mitigating effect, suppressing unrest by dissuading social activities. Using a new monthly panel on social unrest in 130 countries, we find a positive cross-sectional relationship between...

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Gender equality and electoral violence in Africa : unlocking the peacemaking potential of women

Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Ouedraogo, Idrissa Mohamed - 2019

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence … correlated with a reduction of the probability of electoral violence across the continent by around 4.2 percentage points. Our …

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The heavy economic toll of gender-based violence : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Stenzel, David - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic … consequences of violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa using large demographic and health survey data collected pre … violence by 1 percentage point can reduce economic activities (as proxied by nightlights) by up to 8 percent. This economic …

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