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South Sudan Economic Update, July 2018
World Bank Group - 2018
that borrowing from the Bank of South Sudan had been limited in the second half of 2017. The spread between the official … to expose many households to food insecurity and displacement. South Sudan's cabinet approved the general budget for … remains unclear how South Sudan will finance the budget, given its struggling economy amidst the ever-rising inflation and …
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Informing Durable Solutions for Internal Displacement in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan : Country Case Studies
World Bank Group - 2019
countries in Sub Saharan Africa: Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The micro-data surveys represent IDPs, refugees, and …
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Informing Durable Solutions for Internal Displacement in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan : Overview
World Bank Group - 2019
countries in Sub Saharan Africa: Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The micro-data surveys represent IDPs, refugees, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646642
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South Sudan Economic Update, February 2020 : Poverty and Vulnerability in a Fragile Environment
World Bank Group - 2020
After contracting for four consecutive years since FY2014/15, the economy is estimated to have recovered with a growth rate of 3.2 percent in FY 2018/19. These developments reflect activity in the oil sector, which rebounded strongly, and dividends from the peace agreement, which led to a...
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Sudan Country Economic Memorandum : Realizing the Potential for Diversified Development
World Bank Group - 2015
From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But … to invest natural resource rents into economic diversification efforts. Relief to Sudan's external debt crisis will be … on growth and diversification with the aim of defining a suitable approach for growth and diversification for Sudan. The …
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South Sudan Economic Update, 2017 : Taming the Tides of High Inflation
World Bank - 2017
The Republic of South Sudan emerged in 2011 from decades of conflict as the world's newest independent country, with … huge state and peace building challenges, and extreme institutional and socio-economic deficits.By August 2016, South Sudan …, although there are some indications that borrowing from theBank of South Sudan had been limited in recent months.The current …
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Can medium-resolution satellite imagery measure economic activity at small geographies? : evidence from Landsat in Vietnam
Goldblatt, Ran; Heilmann, Kilian; Vaizman, Yonatan - 2019
This study explores the potential and the limits of medium-resolution satellite data as a proxy for economic activity at small geographic units. Using a commune-level dataset from Vietnam, it compares the performance of commonly used nightlight data and higher resolution Landsat imagery which...
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Selective control : the political economy of censorship
Corduneanu-Huci, Cristina; Hamilton, Alexander - 2018
In recent years, alongside democratic backsliding and security threats, censorship is increasingly used by governments and other societal actors to control the media. Who is likely to be affected by censorship and why? Does censorship as a form of punishment coexist with or act as a substitute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903160
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Eruptions of popular anger : the economics of the Arab Spring and its aftermath
Ianchovichina, Elena - Weltbank - 2018
Eruptions of Popular Anger: The Economics of the Arab Spring and Its Aftermath sets out to answerthree puzzles-the "Arab inequality" puzzle of civil uprisings in countries with low-to-moderateand stagnant economic inequality, the "unhappy development" paradox of increasing dissatisfactionat a...
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Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor, Spring 2018 : Economic Transformation
Arezki, Rabah - 2018
After a sharp fall in 2017, economic growth in MENA is projected to rebound to 3.1 percent in 2018, thanksto the positive global outlook, oil prices stabilizing at relatively higher levels, stabilization policies andreforms, and recovery and reconstruction as conflicts recede. The outlook for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644102