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order to incentivize pension savings and increase the fairness of the retirement system. Using administrative tax micro …
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five sets of constraints that may hinder the adoption and effective usage of savings products and services by the poor …
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savings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a focus on the effect of financial liberalization on private savings. It also … analyses why the savings rate for SSA countries is lower than for other developing countries, by examining whether the … determinants of private savings in SSA differ significantly from non-SSA countries. We find: (i) financial liberalization does not …
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The savings-growth nexus is widely acknowledged, both in policy and in the literature. But Kenya's numerous policy … initiatives to encourage savings mobilization are yet to yield the expected outcomes. This paper identifies the key drivers of … domestic saving in Kenya, exploiting fintech as an alternative channel for savings mobilization, and drawing lessons from the …
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We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that incorporates climate uncertainty and allows...
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There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...
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A significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated. This paper takes stock of the sequencing, timing, and scale of the development of a natural...
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The foreign aid landscape has undergone a paradigm shift in the last few decades, with changes in the behaviour of 'traditional' donors and a new focus on selectivity in aid disbursement, as well as 'new' donors and South-South co-operation playing an increasingly important role. Amidst these...
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with foreign aid. From the equation explaining investment, domestic savings and exchange rate were found to be positively …
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The services sector is dominant and continues to experience unprecedented growth in many developing economies. However, in-depth empirical analysis of the drivers ofservicessector growth acceleration is limited. This paper examines and identifies the underlying factors that explain services...
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