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How Important are Spillovers from Major Emerging Markets?
Huidrom, Raju - 2017
The seven largest emerging market economies -- China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey -- constituted more than one-quarter of global output and more than half of global output growth during 2010-15. These emerging markets, called EM7, are also closely integrated with other...
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Moderate Inflation
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2017
Inflation persists at moderate rates (15-30 percent) in all the countries that successfully reduced triple-digit inflation in the 1980s. Several other countries--for example, Colombia--have experienced moderate inflation for prolonged periods. The authors introduce types of theories of...
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Documenting Myanmar's Social Transformation : Insights from Six Rounds of Research on Livelihoods and Social Change in Rural Communities
Pursch, Samuel James - 2017
This paper presents the initial findings from six rounds of research conducted between 2012 and 2016 on livelihoods and social change in rural Myanmar, undertaken as part of the Qualitative Social and Economic Monitoring initiative. These data provide unique insights into the ways in which broad...
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Social Spending, Distribution, and Equality of Opportunities : Opportunity Incidence Analysis
Cuesta, Jose - 2017
"opportunity incidence analysis" to six pilot countries: Liberia, Cote d?Ivoire, Zambia, Tajikistan, Thailand, and Paraguay. Three …
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Stuck in the Middle? Human Capital Development and Economic Growth in Malaysia and Thailand
Jimenez, Emmanuel - 2017
surmount. Slowing momentum in countries like Malaysia and Thailand has led analysts and policy makers to consider what it would … education system is fundamental to equip workers with marketable skills. Malaysia and Thailand have successfully expanded access …
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The Surprising Effects of the Great Recession : Losers and Winners in Thailand in 2008-2009
Haughton, Jonathan - 2017
In 2009, buffeted by the great recession, Thai gross domestic product fell by 2.3 percent. Using monthly data from the socio-economic surveys of 2007-2010, this paper finds, after controlling for household variables, that real consumption per capita rose in 2009 relative to 2008 for most groups,...
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What is Behind the Decline in Poverty Since 2000? Evidence from Bangladesh, Peru and Thailand
Inchauste, Gabriela - 2017
Thailand over the last decade. In contrast to methods that focus on aggregate summary statistics, the method adopted here …, mostly in the form of farm income in Bangladesh and Thailand and non-farm income in the case of Peru. This growth in labor … case of Bangladesh and through public and private transfers in Peru and Thailand. Transfers are more important in …
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The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand
Wagstaff, Adam - 2017
This paper exploits the staggered rollout of Thailand?s universal health coverage scheme to estimate its impacts on …
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Universal Health Care and Informal Labor Markets : The Case of Thailand
Wagstaff, Adam - 2017
This paper explores the possibility that universal health coverage may inadvertently result in distorted labor market choices, with workers preferring informal employment over formal employment, leading to negative effects on investment and growth, as well as reduced protection against...
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