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Since 1995, Tanzania has made major progress in economic reform and macroeconomic stabilization, resulting in strong … growth and low inflation. This paper reviews Tanzania''s growth performance and prospects and assesses the impact of growth … recent policies should allow Tanzania to grow above 5 percent a year over the medium term. Furthermore, it finds that growth …
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The paper examines the effect of exchange rate changes on consumer prices in Tanzania using structural vector … should remain vigilant in assessing the potential impact of foreign prices on the dynamics of inflation in Tanzania. In this …
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This paper develops a model merging the monetary approach to the balance of payments and a neoclassical growth model into a unified framework in which inflation, growth, and the balance of payments are simultaneously determined. The empirical part of the paper presents estimates of the key...
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This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction. Using the Human Development Index as a measure of well-being, the progress made by 100 countries during 1975–98 is presented, and its association with macroeconomic...
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Using 2011-12 consumption micro-data, we find that nearly one-third of the variation in living standards in India can be explained by location alone. Consumption levels and locational inequality are positively related. In effect, from an individual's perspective, living standards are higher in...
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de facto pursuing a strategy more akin to a Taylor Rule. Estimations of small-scale models for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania … place in Kenya and Tanzania. In Uganda, these errors are much smaller, in fact similar in size to Taylor Rule deviations …
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policy that took place in 2011 in four members of the East African Community: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. We find …
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Recent micro level data from East Africa is used to benchmark aggregate data and assess the role of agricultural inputs in explaining variation in crop yields on smallholding plots. Fertilizer, improved seeds, protection against erosion and pesticides improve crop yields in Rwanda and Ethiopia,...
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Tanzania’s adjustment program, which began in the mid-1980s, was accompanied by a sharp increase in the levels of … Tanzania, by adjusting the macroeconomic database to correct for data deficiencies in several important respects. A subsequent … comparison with other sub-Saharan African countries shows that, contrary to traditional interpretation, Tanzania’s increased …
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