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Advances in artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to be labor-saving and to increase inequality and poverty around the globe. They also give rise to winner-takes-all dynamics that advantage highly skilled individuals and countries that are at the forefront of technological...
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This paper examines how growth has varied across India''s states. It finds that (i) the income gap between rich and …
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A robust empirical determinant of long-term economic growth in many developing countries has been the expansion and diversification of the export sector. The latter, in turn, has been influenced by capital accumulation and economic growth. The growth model developed here explores this...
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. Within the region, India has become a global economic powerhouse with enormous development potential ahead. To foster human … and economic development, India has shown a strong commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda. This … paper focuses on the medium-term development challenges that South Asia, and in particular India, faces to ensure …
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dangers and reasons for India’s growth slowdown and proposes policy reforms for sustaining fast growth …
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This paper examines India''s experience with fiscal rules with a view to inform the design of a possible successor …
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Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a sample of small states finds that increased openness and...
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The lack of a clear link between general economic fundamentals and export diversification indicators in the literature has fueled the believe that industrial policies are an absolute requisite to diversify exports. This paper, however, does find a strong statistical connection between horizontal...
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countries - India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka - can build on their existing production capabilities; others - Bangladesh, Bhutan, and …
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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-pandemic. Relying on a two-stage least square method...
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