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The present paper sheds new light on the growth implications of gender inequalities in the Moroccan labour market. We … to relate growth to the relative employment of women and, also, suggest simulations for Morocco. Both approaches lead to … one of the rare attempts to elicit the growth potential of a reduction in the employment gap in a low-income country. …
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This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces … threshold is allowed for. Thus, trade generally promotes growth and relatively high inequality retards growth. …
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'Regional growth and development in Southern Africa', and consider policy options for escaping economic stagnation. The focus is … on South Africa and South African policies yielding relatively quick dividends in terms of growth and taking the rest of …
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During 1985-2015, globalization intensified the factor-endowment-related pattern of sectoral specialization. In skill-abundant developed countries, manufacturing became more skill-intensive. In land-scarce developing East Asia, labour-intensive manufacturing expanded, especially in China. In...
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broadly, we find total factor productivity (TFP) growth rates of between 1 and 2 per cent across industries, although we find … no TFP growth in the mining sector. We also find that the sector with the highest TFP growth - agriculture - achieved …
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and advocates generalized balanced growth and structural transformation to move Sub-Saharan African countries towards self …
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. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in …
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SBRs measures are related to higher economic growth and firm level productivity. …
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After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since … around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as …
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Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since … the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …
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