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Statistics indicate that the economic and social development of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA … for MENA women are not explained by the amount of government social spending, suggesting the answer lies in the efficiency … highlighted and applied in a general manner to the MENA context. Some simple policy recommendations are suggested …
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This paper investigates the economic impact of a coordinated reduction in military expenditures of 20 percent using a specially modified version of the MULTIMOD world economic model. Simulation results indicate that in developing countries the present value of consumption increases by 46 percent...
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Although conventional wisdom suggests that reducing military spending may improve a country’s economic growth performance, empirical studies have produced ambiguous results. This paper extends a standard growth model and estimates it using techniques that exploit both cross-section and...
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The IMF MULTIMOD model is used to trace the economic impact of a 20 percent reduction in world military expenditures. GDP falls in the short run, however private consumption and investment rise, leading to an increase in GDP in the medium and long run. The estimated gains to economic welfare are...
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of 145 countries for the period 1960-2011. We employ a range of econometric approaches, focusing on the CCA and MENA …
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In this paper we contribute to the empirical literature on growth in the MENA region by attempting to quantify the … growth in the MENA region. Our empirical results suggest that the key direct constraints to growth in the MENA region are …
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In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the MENA region are significantly … show that the variables used in standard gravity models cannot explain a significant part of MENA''s trade performance … inefficiencies in customs clearance processes, are important in explaining the MENA region''s underperformance in trade …
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This paper takes stock of the economic performance of resource rich countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA … poorly when going beyond the assessment based on standard income level measures. Resource rich countries in MENA have … important source of concerns. Looking forward we argue that the success of economic reforms in MENA rests on the ability of …
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