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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness
Mohapatra, Sanket; Joseph, George; Ratha, Dilip - 2012
survey data in Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in remittance-receiving households than in others …
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Implications of WTO Agreements and Unilateral Trade Policy Reforms for Poverty in Bangladesh : Short versus Long-Run Impacts
Annabi, Nabil; Khondker, Bazlul; Raihan, Selim - 2012
in Bangladesh. They use a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which takes into account … accumulation effects, allowing for long-run analysis. The study is based on the 2000 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Bangladesh … scenario has negative implications for the overall macroeconomy, household welfare, and poverty in Bangladesh. Terms of trade …
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Is Green Growth Good for the Poor?
Dercon, Stefan - 2013
The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty, and their relatively high dependence on environmental capital for their livelihoods, the poor are likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557113
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The Role of Technological Change in Green Growth
Popp, David - 2013
By reducing the costs of environmental protection, technological change is important for promoting green growth. This entails both the creation of new technologies and more widespread deployment of existing green technologies. This paper reviews the literature on environmentally friendly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557120
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Impact of Behavioral Issues on Green Growth Policies and Weather-Related Disaster Reduction in Developing Countries
Kunreuther, Howard; Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - 2013
This paper focuses on how developing countries can change the way they prepare for disasters so they are better equipped to sustain economic growth. It discusses the importance of considering the goals of key decision makers and the need to understand the perceptions, systematics biases, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557122
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Advanced-Country Policies and Emerging-Market Currencies
Ikeda, Yuki; Medvedev, Denis; Rama, Martin - 2015
The global financial crisis and its aftermath have triggered extraordinary policy responses in advanced countries. The impacts of these policy responses—from asset price bubbles to currency depreciations—have often been felt in the developing world. As tapering talk evolves into actual...
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Good Countries or Good Projects?
Bulman, David; Kolkma, Walter; Kraay, Aart - 2015
This paper examines the micro and macro correlates of aid project outcomes in a sample of 3,821 World Bank projects and 1,342 Asian Development Bank projects. Project outcomes vary much more within countries than between countries: country-level characteristics explain only 10–25 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564543
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Monitoring Financial Stability in Developing and Emerging Economies
Dijkman, Miquel - 2015
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, interest in systemic risk has surged among academics and policy makers. The mitigation of systemic risk is now widely accepted as the fundamental underlying concept for the design of the post-crisis regulatory agenda. Effective mitigation requires...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564546
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Exploring Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries : A Macroeconomic Analysis in Ethiopia
Benitez, Pablo; Medhin, Haileselassie; Tamru, Seneshaw; … - 2019
This study uses a computable general equilibrium model to analyze various policy scenarios for a carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum fuels and kerosene in Ethiopia. The carbon tax starts at $5 per ton of carbon dioxide in 2018 and rises to $30 per ton in 2030. Different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012568741
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Reserve Requirements in the Brave New Macroprudential World
Cordella, Tito; Federico, Pablo; Vegh, Carlos; Vuletin, … - 2014
Using a new, large data set on quarterly reserve requirements for the period 1970-2011, this paper provides new evidence on the use of reserve requirements as a countercyclical macroprudential tool in developing countries. The appeal of reserve requirements lies in the pro-cyclical behavior of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012573862