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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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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 …; (iv) ultimately, a superior option-for both the world's climate and growth prospects-is the development of clean energy … developing economies (EMDEs). This paper develops a simple model of a sequential, fossil-fuel driven development process to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795135
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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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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
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Debt, investment, and growth in developing countries with segmented labor markets
Buffie, Edward F.; Zanna, Luis-Felipe; Adam, Christopher S. - 2020
than investment in infrastructure in promoting long-run economic development when investments earn their average estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252029
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Loss-of-learning and the post-Covid recovery in low-income countries
Buffie, Edward F.; Adam, Christopher S.; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - 2022
We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
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Gender equality and economic diversification
Kazandjian, Romina; Kolovich, Lisa; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - 2016
of human capital available in an economy. Second, gender gaps in the labor market impede the development of new ideas by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011711781
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Migration, Human Capital, and Poverty in a Dual-Economy of a Developing Country
Masson, Paul R. - 2001
The coexistence of urban and rural poverty and migration to cities is studied in a dual economy model where the acquisition of skills is costly and involves migration to urban areas. In this model, both the distribution of innate abilities and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401291
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Social Spending, Human Capital, and Growth in Developing Countries : Implications for Achieving the Mdgs
Baldacci, Emanuele - 2004
excessive budget deficits, and taming inflation, can also be helpful in moving countries toward the Millennium Development Goals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402008
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Theoretical Aspects of Growth in Developing Countries : External Debt Dynamics and the Role of Human Capital
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper formulates a simple aggregate growth model that is capable of assessing the impact of macroeconomic policies on the long-term performance of a developing country. The model emphasizes expenditures on human capital and the dynamics of external debt, and yields empirically testable...
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