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Exchange Rate Flexibility and the Effect of Remittances on Economic Growth

Lartey, Emmanuel K.K. - 2016

This paper studies the question of whether exchange rate policy affects the impact of remittances on economic growth in … regime classification, whereas the data for remittances and all other variables are from the World Bank's World Development … economic growth following an increase in remittances, but also that the impact of remittances on growth is positive under a …

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Bright Lights, Big Cities : Measuring National and Subnational Economic Growth in Africa from Outer Space, with an Application to Kenya and Rwanda

Bundervoet, Tom - 2015

This paper uses the night lights (satellite imagery from outer space) approach to estimate growth in and levels of subnational 2013 gross domestic product for 47 counties in Kenya and 30 districts in Rwanda. Estimating subnational gross domestic product is consequential for three reasons. First,...

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Structural Transformation in Africa : A Historical View

Enache, Maria - 2016

This paper presents evidence suggesting that the relationship between income and economic structure is shifting over time, with countries across the income distribution uniformly increasing the share of labor in service sectors and an increasingly less stark relationship between manufacturing...

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Understanding economic growth in Ghana in comparative perspective

Geiger, Michael; Trenczek, Jan; Wacker, Konstantin - 2019

Ghana has experienced a decade of solid and exceptionally high growth. Between 2005 and 2015, income nearly doubled. This paper analyzes the factors driving this impressive growth performance, using tools such as structural change decompositions and growth regressions. For the comparative...

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Revisiting the trade impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act : a synthetic control approach

Kassa, Woubet; Coulibaly, Souleymane - 2019

This study examines the impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act using the synthetic control method, a quasi-experimental approach. The novelty in the approach is that it addresses problems of estimation that are prevalent in nonexperimental methods used to analyze the impact of...

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World Bank's Experience with Structural Reforms for Growth and Development

Swaroop, Vinaya - 2016

The World Bank Group has come a long way in supporting structural reforms in its member countries. The most remarkable feature of its long 35 years and continuing journey has been its ability to listen, learn and adjust over time. It learnt relatively quickly that reform ownership is a necessary...

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Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger

World Bank Group - 2019

Reducing gender inequality could increase GDP per capita by more than a fourth in Niger by 2030. These significant economic gains would be generated by enabling women to have the same earnings as men and reducing fertility and thereby population growth. Investing in girls' education and reducing...

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Informality in the Process of Development and Growth

Loayza, Norman V. - 2016

"Informality" is a term used to describe the collection of firms, workers, and activities that operate outside the legal and regulatory systems. It is widespread in the majority of developing countries-in a typical developing economy, the informal sector produces about 35 percent of gross...

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On the Impact of Demographic Change on Growth, Savings, and Poverty

Cruz, Marcio - 2016

Changing population age structures are shaping the trajectories of development in many countries, bringing opportunities and challenges. While aging has been a matter of concern for upper-middle and high-income economies, rapid population growth is set to continue in the poorest countries over...

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Nepal Development Update, May 2016 : Remittances at Risk

World Bank - 2016

During 2015, and in the span of six-months, Nepal was hit by two major shocks. The first one was the April 2015 earthquakes that caused a huge loss of life and assets. The second shock has come in the form of a near complete disruption of external trade following the adoption of the new...

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