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specified types of water and sanitation services in Nigeria. The analysis uses geo-located, population-representative data from … for levels of access to seven indicators of water and sanitation services across Nigeria at a resolution of 1?1 square …
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mismatches, continued globalization and technological change, greater income inequality, unprecedented population aging in richer … development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries -- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia …
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What is the potential for job growth in Africa under participation in global value chains (GVCs)? In this study the …, Senegal and South Africa, compared to developments in some other low- and middle-income countries in the world. The four …
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Reaping the full benefit of adjustment packages depends on a government's commitment to reform as well as a variety of … expanded in three areas. One is translating adjustment policies into improved economic performance -- the objective of domestic … adjustment itself. The report concludes that attention needs to be placed on the commitment to price reforms and nonprice areas …
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This paper reviews the literature relevant to understanding political constraints to economic reforms. Reform refers to changes in government policies or institutional rules because status quo policies and institutions are not working well to achieve the goals of economic well-being and...
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comparison with Sub-Saharan Africa. Much of the progress has occurred through diversification along the ?extensive margin,? that …
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The paper combines state-level fiscal data with household survey data to assess the links between sub-national fiscal policy and income inequality in Brazil over the period 1995-2011. The results indicate that a tighter fiscal stance at the sub-national level is not associated with a...
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traditional adjustment lending …
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The crash of global financial markets in 2008 caused a ripple effect on economic demand and growth worldwide. Export-oriented economies were hit particularly hard, and many governments stepped in quickly with broad-ranging stimulus programs to lessen the effects on households of rising...
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build-up of fiscal buffers, were instrumental to engineering an orderly adjustment. Openness and integration, including well …
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