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Political Prioritization of Early Childhood Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Comparative Policy Analysis of Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Neuman, Michelle J.; Powers, Shawn - 2021
Despite strong evidence of its importance to the welfare of children and societies, early childhood education has been comparatively neglected as a policy priority both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper seeks to understand what factors have contributed to the lack of priority...
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The Sooner, the Better : The Early Economic Impact of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Torre, Ivan - 2020
The size of the economic shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the associated non-pharmaceutical interventions have not been fully assessed, because the official economic indicators have not been published. This paper provides estimates of the economic impacts of the...
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A Few Good Masks : Evidence from Mask Manufacturing in Rwanda during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Byrne, Kieran; Kondylis, Florence; Loeser, John; … - 2022
Did increases in mask supply slow the spread of COVID-19 Rwanda licensed and incentivized textile manufacturers to produce high-quality masks at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper exploits spatial variation in exposure to mask manufacturing through textile trade networks within an...
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Challenges of Public Credit Guarantee Schemes in Latin America during the Pandemic
Diaz Kalan, Federico A.; Miguel Liriano, Faruk; … - 2022
Partial credit guarantees have been a central tool in countries' strategies to support firms through the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents the results of a set of surveys covering 19 partial credit guarantees in 12 countries in the Latin America region, which were repeated at different...
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Exploring the Growth Effects of COVID-19 across Developing Countries
Calderon, Cesar; Kubota, Megumi - 2021
This paper investigates the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on economic growth across developing countries. It documents the evolution and co-movement of COVID-19 infections with government responses (including health containment measures) across developing countries. It then...
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How Resilient Was Trade to COVID-19 ?
Bas, Maria; Fernandes, Ana; Paunov, Caroline - 2022
This paper examines which product supply-side characteristics affect the resilience of traded products to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on monthly product-level exports by all countries to the United States, Japan, and 27 European Union countries from January 2018 to December 2020, the paper...
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The Epidemiological Impact of an HIV/AIDS Vaccine in Developing Countries
Stover, John; Garnett, Geoff P.; Seitz, Steve - 2013
determine issues such as: What will be the impact of the vaccine on the epidemic? Who should be vaccinated? Will an AIDS vaccine … epidemic if vaccination leads to riskier behavior? How much funding will be needed? The authors use two computer simulation … population groups: all adults, teenagers, high-risk groups, and women of reproductive age. The impact of vaccines on the epidemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559572
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The Effectiveness of Policies to Control a Human Influenza Pandemic : A Literature Review
Dutta, Arin - 2012
The studies reviewed in this paper indicate that with adequate preparedness planning and execution it is possible to contain pandemic influenza outbreaks where they occur, for viral strains of moderate infectiousness. For viral strains of higher infectiousness, containment may be difficult, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552307
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Advanced-Country Policies and Emerging-Market Currencies
Ikeda, Yuki; Medvedev, Denis; Rama, Martin - 2015
world. As tapering talk evolves into actual withdrawal of quantitative easing in the United States, and as the Euro Zone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564370
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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...
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