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Botswana Development Policy Review : An Agenda for Competitiveness and Diversification
World Bank - 2012
Botswana has been one of the most successful countries in the developing world over the last 40 years by many measures …
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The Political Economy of Direct Dividend Transfers in Resource-Rich Countries : A Theoretical Consideration
McGuirk, Eoin - 2016
The acceleration of natural resource discoveries across many parts of the developing world has highlighted the urgent need for solutions to the mismanagement of windfalls that has blighted many countries over the past half-century. One proposal involves istributing annually a share of resource...
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Latin American growth : a trade perspective
Torre, Augusto de la; Ize, Alain - 2019
This paper reviews the determinants of Latin America's uneven growth based on an accounting decomposition that breaks down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction exerted by the country's exports, (ii) an external...
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Strengthening Financial Systems in Developing Countries : The Case for Incentives-Based Financial Sector Reforms
Bossone, Biagio - 2012
An international cooperative effort has been focused on the need to reduce financial fragility and systemic risks in global financial markets. Work is proceeding in three different areas: enhancing financial market transparency, improving the international financial architecture, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247855
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Public Expenditure Review of the Basic Education Sector in Botswana
World Bank Group - 2019
This Basic Education Public Expenditure Review (PER) was performed at the request of the GoB to assess fiscal expenditure in education and provide recommendations that could improve the performance of the country's school system. More specifically, the PER assessed the adequacyand sustainability...
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Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth : A Framework and Case Studies
Mc Millan, Margaret - 2017
development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries-Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246181
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Economic Shocks and Subjective Well-Being : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Hariri, Jacob Gerner - 2015
sudden and unanticipated currency devaluation in Botswana as a quasi-experiment, the article examines how this monetary shock …
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Botswana : Systematic Country Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2015
Botswana has been one of the worlds fastest growing economies over the past 50 years, allowing the country to move from … out of poverty. While Botswana is rightly praised for its management of resource wealth, it is apparent that the high … which drove the development success of Botswana over the past half century are being eroded or face risks. In this context …
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Integration of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems : Botswana Success Story
Republic of Botswana (contributor); World Bank (contributor) - Republic of Botswana - 2015
The initiative of a case study on Botswana's successful integration of civil and identification registers comes against … which vital statistics in Botswana can be generated and was used previously to generate population reports. The creation of …
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Fertility Decline in Botswana 1980-2006 : A Case Study
World Bank - 2010
Botswana has had a stable democratic government and good governance since independence in 1966. With a sustained high … 25 countries showing a rate greater than 5.0. In contrast, Botswana experienced the greatest fertility decline in the … region during 1980-2006, with the total fertility rate decreasing from 7.1 in 1981 to 3.2 in 2006. The Botswana national …
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