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Informality in the Process of Development and Growth

Loayza, Norman - 2017

"Informality" is a term used to describe the collection of firms, workers, and activities that operate outside the legal and regulatory systems. It is widespread in the majority of developing countries--in a typical developing economy, the informal sector produces about 35 percent of gross...

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From Commodity Discovery to Production

Khan, Tehmina S. - 2017

Major resource discoveries have transformed growth prospects for many low-income countries. However, the sharp downturn in commodity prices in recent years is affecting resource investment in these countries, and may delay the development of recent discoveries into production. This study...

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Will Digital Technologies Transform Agriculture in Developing Countries?

Deichmann, Uwe - 2017

Mobile phones and the internet have significantly affected practically all sectors of the economy, and agriculture is no exception. Building on a recent World Bank flagship report, this paper introduces a concise framework for describing the main benefits from new information and communications...

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Growth Trends in the Developing World : Country Forecasts and Determinants

Ianchovichina, Elena; Kacker, Pooja - 2015

The authors present real per capita GDP growth forecasts for all developing countries for the period 2005-14. For 55 of these countries, representing major world regions and accounting for close to 80 percent of the developing world's GDP, they forecast the growth effects of the main forces...

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Small States -- Performance in Public Debt Management

Prasad, Abha - 2017

This paper analyzes the status of public debt management performance in 17 small states through the findings of the Debt Management Performance Assessment reports. Empirical evidence indicates that the higher the quality of a country's policies and institutions, the better is its capacity to...

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Small State Regional Cooperation, South-South and South-North Migration, and International Trade

Schiff, Maurice - 2017

This paper provides a different basis than previous analyses for regional bloc formation and regional migration. Due to low bargaining power and fixed costs, small states face a severe disadvantage in negotiations with the rest of the world and might benefit by forming a regional bloc. The study...

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Do Remittances Have a Flip Side? A General Equilibrium Analysis of Remittances, Labor Supply Responses, and Policy Options for Jamaica

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2016

Econometric analysis has established a negative relationship between labor supply and remittances in Jamaica. The …. This exacerbates the real exchange rate appreciation, hurting Jamaica's export base and small manufacturing import …

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The Impact of Remittances on Labor Supply : The Case of Jamaica

Kim, Namsuk - 2016

A puzzle in the recently stagnated economy of Jamaica is that high rates of unemployment have persisted even when real …

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Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : A 20-Year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica

Gertler, Paul J. - 2017

This paper finds large effects on the earnings of participants from a randomized intervention that gave psychosocial stimulation to stunted Jamaican toddlers living in poverty. The intervention consisted of one-hour weekly visits from community Jamaican health workers over a 2-year period that...

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The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?

Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2016

and Caribbean commercial flows from two perspectives. First, the authors focus on the opportunity that China and India …'s markets have offered Latin American and Caribbean exporters during 2000-2004. Second, empirical analyses examine the partial … correlation between Chinese and Indian bilateral trade flows and Latin American and Caribbean trade with third markets. Both …

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