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The Transition Economies After Ten Years
Fischer, Stanley - 2000
This paper summarizes the macroeconomic performance of the transition economies. We first review the initial conditions confronting these economies, the reform strategy that was proposed, and the associated controversies that arose a decade ago. We then account for the widely different outcomes,...
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Reinvigorating growth in Belize
Vasilʹev, D. S. - 2019
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Belize grew faster than its regional peers. By the mid-2000s, however, economic growth had slowed down to the regional average. A vicious circle of low growth and increasing public debt has been clouding Belize's outlook. This paper applies a growth diagnostic...
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New Evidenceon Fiscal Adjustment and Growth in Transition Economies
Gupta, Sanjeev - 2006
This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal adjustment and real GDP growth in a panel of 26 transition economies during 1992-2001. Unlike most previous studies using cross-country regressions, the paper finds a positive and statistically significant relationship between fiscal adjustment...
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Globalization and Catching-Up : From Recession to Growth in Transition Economies
Kolodko, Gregorz W. - 2000
The transitional recession in countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union has lasted much longer than expected. The legacy of the past and recent policy mistakes have both contributed to the slow progress. As structural reforms and gradual institution building have taken hold, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399834
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Compliance with IMF Program Indicators and Growth in Transition Economies
Unigovskaya, Anna - 2000
This paper makes use of the IMF’s Database for Monitoring Fund Arrangements (MONA) to investigate whether transition countries that more successfully implement the conditionality of IMF programs tend to show a better performance on recovery and growth. It is not possible to determine a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399903
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Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies
Abed, George T. - 2000
Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that provides deeper insights into economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399961
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Recovery and Growth in Transition Economies 1990-1997 : A Stylized Regression Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 1998
This paper analyzes the determinants of growth in 25 transition economies during 1990–97. The paper’s main finding is that macroeconomic stabilization, structural reform, and reduction of government expenditures are key to achieving sustainable growth. Although the initial effect of reforms...
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Domestic amplifiers of external shocks : growth accelerations and reversals in emerging market and developing economies
Gruss, Bertrand; Nabar, Malhar; Poplawski-Ribeiro, Marcos - 2019
external conditions by strengthening their institutional frameworks and adopting a policy mix that protects trade integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102045
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Institutions Rule : The Primacy of Institutions Over Integration and Geography in Economic Development
Subramanian, Arvind - 2002
We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining cross-country income … levels using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions … has a strong indirect effect through institutions. Similarly, controlling for institutions, trade has a negative, albeit …
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Middle East transitions : a long, hard road
Yusuf, Shahid - 2014
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