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Upgrading the Investment Policy Framework of Public Pension Funds
Vittas, Dimitri; Impavido, Gregorio; O'Connor, Ronan - 2012
new public pension funds that have been created in Norway, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. The paper discusses the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552405
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Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A. - 2012
This research estimates the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1-2010:Q4 for the United States, European Union, and three other industrialized economies. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample provide evidence of three key relationships for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552142
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Canada-Wheat : Discrimination, Non-Commercial Considerations, and State Trading Enterprises
Hoekman, Bernard; Trachtman, Joel - 2012
disciplines. This paper assesses a recent dispute brought by the United States against Canada, alleging that WTO rules require …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552786
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Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Fraser River Basin, Canada
Blomquist, William; Calbick, Ken S.; Dinar, Ariel - 2012
management in the Fraser River basin in Canada. The Fraser River drains 238,000 k …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553990
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Scrutinizing Public Expenditures : Assessing the Performance of Public Accounts Committees
Stapenhurst, Rick; Sahgal, Vinod; Woodley, William - 2012
countries in Asia and Australasia, and Canada and the United Kingdom. The authors find that the institutional factors which most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554072
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Insurance Regulation in Jordan : New Rules ??? Old System
Vittas, Dimitri - 2013
The Jordanian insurance market has been free from extensive state ownership and pervasive premium, product, investment, and reinsurance controls. However, these positive features have been marred by the licensing of a large number of private companies, often on political rather than professional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559736
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Can Maquila Booms Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Honduras
de Hoyos, Rafael E.; Bussolo, Maurizio; N????ez, Oscar - 2012
This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women … in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would … have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila sector not existed. Of this increase in poverty, 0.35 percentage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552222
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Bailing Out the World's Poorest
Ravallion, Martin - 2012
While the 2008 financial crisis is global in nature, it is likely to have heterogeneous welfare impacts within the developing world, with some countries, and some people, more vulnerable than others. It also threatens to have lasting impacts for some of those affected, notably through the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552231
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Lessons from World Bank Research on Financial Crises
World Bank - 2012
that foster deep and persistent poverty, such as lack of connectivity to markets, have provided a degree of protection for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552232
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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - 2012
This study explores the extent to which migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between 1991 and 2004. The analysis addresses concerns about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552236