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Turkey, and how could Turkey increase foreign direct investment inflows? First, the analysis applies dynamic regressions in … investment attraction policies in Turkey. Second, based on the findings of the cross-country regressions, the paper argues that … Turkey could increase its attractiveness to foreign investors by strengthening institutional quality, in particular the rule …
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The World Bank Economic Update provides an overview of recent economic and social developments and policies in China. Economic activity in China remains resilient, with GDP growing by 6.9 percent in 2017 and 6.8 percent year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2018. Consumption continues to...
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Evidence suggests that Pakistan has the potential for much faster and more diversified economic growth. Energizing trade can help Pakistan to realize its growth potential. Pakistan's inward-oriented trade policies have had the effect of stalling Pakistan's integration into regional and global...
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This note examines the relationship between the presence of foreign firms and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of domestic firms (called 'FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, spillovers') in Serbia over the period of 2005-16. The analysis finds evidence of FDI spillovers in Serbia. Domestic...
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This assessment of Zambia's investment climate highlights some of the impediments to growth and export diversification in the current business environment in the country. It is based on an analysis of enterprise survey data specifically collected for the purpose, namely, the World Bank's Zambia...
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Turkey has moved rapidly from a current account that was relatively in balance up to the turn of the millennia, to … established in Turkey, driven by an expansion of credit to households and rapid gross domestic product growth, coupled with … current account deficit. The current account balance in Turkey is also found to be less persistent than is typically found in …
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threshold above which additional inflationary pressures adversely affect economic expansion. It uses cointegration methods that … African Monetary Union and 4.3-4.5 percent in the West African Monetary Union. Homogeneous cointegration panel data analyses …
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or that from a pro-gender reform aimed at closing gender gaps. Using Turkey's country growth diagnostics and data on …
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