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Doing more with less : how can Brazil foster development while pursuing fiscal consolidation?
Flamini, Valentina; Soto, Mauricio - 2019
Development Goals in the health, education, and infrastructure sectors in Brazil. We find that there is room for savings in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154654
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Pricing sovereign debt in oil-rich economies
McGregor, Thomas - 2019
How do oil price movements affect sovereign spreads in an oil-dependent economy? I develop a stochastic general equilibrium model of an economy exposed to co-moving oil price and output processes, with endogenous sovereign default risk. The model explains a large proportion of business cycle...
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A quantitative analysis of female employment in Senegal
Malta, Vivian; Martínez Leyva, Angelica; Mendes … - 2019
Female-to-male employment in Senegal increased by 14 percentage points between 2006 and 2011. During the same period years of education of the working age population increased 27 percent for females and 13 percent for males, reducing gender gaps in education. In this paper, we quantitatively...
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Attaining selected sustainable development goals in Guatemala : spending, provision, and financing needs
Pérez Ruiz, Esther; Soto, Mauricio - 2019
social cohesion. This paper discusses the spending, financing, and delivery capacity aspects of a viable development strategy … for Guatemala couched within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. Overall, Guatemala faces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009600
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Global climate change mitigation, fossil-fuel driven development, and the role of financial and technology transfers : a simple framework
Wiegand, Johannes - 2021
capacity, thus causing global warming and blocking a similar, fossil-fuel driven development path for emerging markets and … developing economies (EMDEs). This paper develops a simple model of a sequential, fossil-fuel driven development process to …; (iv) ultimately, a superior option-for both the world's climate and growth prospects-is the development of clean energy …
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Epidemics, gender, and human capital in developing countries
Fabrizio, Stefania; Gomes, Diego Braz Pereira; … - 2021
Epidemics have disrupted lives for centuries with deleterious human capital and economic repercussions. In this paper, we investigate how epidemics episodes have impacted school dropouts in developing countries, considering 623 epidemics episodes across countries from 1970 to 2019. Our estimates...
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Local currency bond markets law reform : a methodology for emerging markets and developing economies
Bossu, Wouter; Hillier, Cory; Bergthaler, Wolfgang - 2020
recognized as being critical building blocks for the structure, development and functioning of LCBMs. This Working Paper seeks to … for the development of LCBMs that would adequately address common challenges and impediments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392641
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SDG financing options in Rwanda : a post-pandemic assessment
Lledó, Victor D.; Perrelli, Roberto - 2021
sustainable development goals (SDGs). Under current policies, Rwanda would meet its SDGs right after 2050. Active policies that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605067
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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
growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518323
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Will the AI revolution cause a great divergence?
Alonso, Cristian; Berg, Andrew; Kothari, Siddharth; … - 2020
This paper considers the implications for developing countries of a new wave of technological change that substitutes pervasively for labor. It makes simple and plausible assumptions: the AI revolution can be modeled as an increase in productivity of a distinct type of capital that substitutes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012302048