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Evaluating monetary policy options for managing resource revenue shocks when fiscal policy is laissez-faire : application to Nigeria
Chuku, Chuku Agbai - 2016
ingredients of the model. The model is calibrated to match the Nigerian economy. Three alternative mainstream monetary policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456170
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COVID-19 : macroeconomic dimensions in the developing world
Addison, Tony; Sen, Kunal; Tarp, Finn - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions. First, it affects macroeconomic stability and growth. Second, the tools of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228062
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Impact of the global commodity and financial crises on poverty in Vietnam
Thurlow, James; Tarp, Finn; McCoy, Simon; Nguyen, Manh Hai - 2010
Economic growth in Vietnam has been fairly resilient to the global commodity and financial crises, but it is unclear … left Vietnam little changed from a baseline (no crises) path in terms of aggregate indicators including the poverty rate … crisis leaving poverty rates below the (no crises) baseline. -- economic crisis ; growth ; poverty ; Vietnam …
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The economic costs of climate change : a multi-sector impact assessment for Vietnam
Arndt, Channing; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2012
. Biophysical damages are translated into economic costs using a dynamic economywide model. Our results for Vietnam indicate that … levels and cyclone strikes. Overall, climate change is likely to reduce Vietnam's national income by between one and two … change ; uncertainty ; multi-sector ; CGE model ; Vietnam …
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Distributional impacts of the 2008 global food price spike in Vietnam
McKay, Andrew D.; Tarp, Finn - 2014
Agriculture and food cultivation production remains a key sector in the Vietnamese economy in terms of productive … have the capacity to respond. In addition, many poorer farm households may be net consumers. Using data from the Vietnam … Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) and the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) combined with available …
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The gender employment gap : the effects of extended maternity leave policy in Viet Nam
Tu Thi Ngoc Le; Ngoc Thi Bich Pham - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021
This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of maternity leave from four months to six months in Viet Nam's 2012 Labor Code. To identify this effect, labour market outcomes of groups of women and men are compared. We use the...
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Forecasting recovery from COVID-19 using financial data : an application to Viet Nam
Lastunen, Jesse; Richiardi, Matteo - 2021
We develop a new methodology to nowcast the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and forecast its evolution in small, export-oriented countries. To this aim, we exploit variation in financial indexes at the industry level and relate them to the expected duration of the crisis for each industry, under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545677
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Does an effective government lower COVID19's health impact? : evidence from Viet Nam
Dang Duc Anh; Ngoc Anh Tran - 2022
Government effectiveness has played an important role in tackling the crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This paper discusses the different aspects of government effectiveness in explaining the variation in the COVID-19 confirmed cases and death levels in Viet Nam. We use the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259926
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The welfare impact of Viet Nam's national target programme "building a new countryside" : a quasi-experimental evaluation
Verwimp, Philip; Zhang, Sisi - 2018
We evaluate the impact on household income of Viet Nam's national target programme to build a new countryside for the period from 2010 to 2015. The purpose of the programme is to modernize rural Viet Nam. Given the universal implementation of the programme, we use a quasi-experimental approach...
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Addressing poverty and inequality in Viet Nam during the COVID-19 pandemic : an examination of the alleviating impact of tax and benefit measures
Mahieu, Antoine de; Lastunen, Jesse - 2023
This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related tax-benefit measures in Viet Nam. The focus is on the initial phase of the crisis in 2020. The study delves into how the pandemic affected disposable incomes, examining the differences across the income distribution and...
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