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Cambodia 1998-2008 : An Episode of Rapid Growth
Guimbert, Stephane - 2017
Cambodia's growth over 1998-2008 has been remarkable (almost 10 percent per annum for a decade). This paper applies a … domestic savings. A key economic policy objective is the diversification of the economy, which requires a reduction in …
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Labor Migration and Economic Growth in East and Southeast Asia
Walmsley, Terrie Louise - 2017
East and Southeast Asia face major demographic changes over the next few decades as many countries' labor forces will start to decline, while others will experience higher labor force growth as populations and participation rates increase. A well-managed labor migration strategy presents itself...
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Informality in the Process of Development and Growth
Loayza, Norman - 2017
legal and regulatory systems. It is widespread in the majority of developing countries--in a typical developing economy, the … capital and labor in a modern economy. Second, it opens the possibility of labor migration from a rudimentary economy with an …
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Structural Transformation in Africa : A Historical View
Enache, Maria - 2017
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968717
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Drivers of Convergence in Eleven Eastern European Countries
Cuaresma, Jesus Crespo - 2017
This paper investigates the drivers of growth and prosperity in a group of eleven European countries -- Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Slovakia (the EU11). Since the EU11 began the transformation process, this group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975019
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To Sew or Not to Sew? Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina - 2017
This paper uses the 2011 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey to analyze the relationship between participation in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956220
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Glass Barriers : Constraints to Women's Small-Scale Cross-Border Trade in Cambodia and Lao Pdr
Seror, Marlon Armand Remy - 2017
shown the challenges faced in Africa by this population, especially women, but it remains unknown in Cambodia and the Lao … qualitative data and statistical techniques to shed light on the structure of the small-scale, cross-border trade economy, traders …
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Dollarization Dilemma : Price Stability at the Cost of External Competitiveness in Cambodia
Samreth, Sovannroeun - 2019
Cambodia has recorded both rapid economic growth and macroeconomic stability in recent decades despite (or thanks to …) high levels of dollarization. Previous studies on dollarization in Cambodia have largely focused on examining its causes … and estimating seigniorage losses. As an attempt to further explore the effects of dollarization in Cambodia, this paper …
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The Impact of Minimum Wage Hikes on Employment and Wages in Cambodia
Shrestha, Maheshwor - 2019
Using an event-study framework, this paper examines the impact of four minimum wage hikes between 2008 and 2015 on the Cambodian labor market. The analysis finds that, except for immediate adjustments around the time of the hikes, the minimum wage hikes did not affect participation rates in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871281
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Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia
Ban, Radu - 2017
social capital measures to assess the impact of a pilot program that was randomly rolled out in rural villages in Cambodia …
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