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Between past and future of Latin America : lessons from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic

Cardoso, Eliana A. - 2010

This paper provides a synthesis of the four papers on the Latin American and Caribbean economies: Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. It focuses on the following themes: macroeconomic stabilization and fiscal challenges, poverty and inequality, and the use of natural resources...

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Economic development strategies in the Dominican Republic

Pozo, Susan; Sánchez-Fung, José R.; Santos-Paulino, … - 2010

The paper documents the economic development strategies pursued by the Dominican Republic. The study argues that the country's success results from the implementation of a three-pronged economic development strategy. The first prong relates to diversifying production and the second to developing...

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Dominican Republic country study

Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015

During the 2000s, the Dominican Republic experienced above-average economic growth along with mixed results in labour market indicators. GDP per capita stagnated through 2004 and, for the most part, grew rapidly from 2005 through 2012. Comparing 2000 with 2012, many unfavourable developments...

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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?

Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015

Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this … paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS … epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2003-12. Our main finding shows that the impact of HIV/AIDS …

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Aid and the environment : Uganda

Kateregga, Eseza - 2013

This paper seeks to (i) establish the areas in which aid from the major donors is concentrated; (ii) examine how aid has been allocated to the environmental sectors, and (iii) review the factors behind the success of environmental projects. Using data from the Aiddata.org database, the...

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Effectiveness of international aid for diarrheal disease control and potential for future impact

Cash, Richard A.; Potter, James R. - 2014

The reduction in deaths from diarrheal diseases is one of the significant public health successes of the twentieth century. That said, the disease still accounts for a significant burden of childhood morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Progress made in the past has, to a...

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Aid and environment in Ghana

Twerefou, Daniel Kwabena - 2013

In this paper we discuss aid and the environment in Ghana. Our analysis indicates that expenditure by the government of Ghana has increased consistently since 2000, with seven sectors weakly linked to the environment taking about 78.9 per cent of all government expenditure. Also, the rate of...

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Aid and the environment in Africa : a synthesis of eight case studies

Muchapondwa, Edwin - 2014

This study seeks to understand what aid flows have been doing to the environment in eight countries in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa. Total aid to these countries' environmental sectors for the 2000s decade is about US$10.17 billion and bilateral aid has been on the rise. There seems to...

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Aid and environment in Africa : the case of Tanzania

Kahyarara, Godius - 2014

This paper provides an assessment of what aid has actually been doing in the area of environment in Tanzania through a critical review of the flows, modalities and management of aid. Focusing on the funding for environmental degradation projects, the study notes that budget expenditure...

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Aid and environment in Mozambique

Tomo, Alda; Givá, Nícia - 2014

Mozambique benefits from environmental aid-related funds, but it is still unclear whether donor commitments render directly into projects that are copiously implemented for the purposes stated and what aid flows have actually been doing and are doing in the area of aid and environment in...

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