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Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health: Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?
Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in...
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Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit
Calomiris, Charles W.; Haber, Stephen H. - Princeton University Press
Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic … banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone … but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082760
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Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit
Calomiris, Charles W.; Haber, Stephen H. - Princeton University Press
Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic … banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone … but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082767
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Government Expenditures and the Growth-Inequality Trade-Off: The Swedish Case
Sala, Hector; Roca-Sagalés, Oriol - In: Journal of Income Distribution 20 (2011) 2, pp. 38-54
Sweden is one of the countries with the largest public fiscal intervention and narrowest income inequality in the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820076
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Economic Stabilization and Growth in Portugal
Schmitt, Hans O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1981
This paper reviews economic stabilization and growth in Portugal during the 1970s. Following a decade of rapid growth with external equilibrium, the Portuguese economy in the early 1970s suffered a series of major shocks. The paper highlights that the problem of managing economic growth with a...
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Paraguay; Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
areas of structural reform are important, public banking reform has proved to be difficult, and its implementation will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824933
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Algeria; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Alger...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Algerian economy continues to benefit from abundant and increasing hydrocarbon revenues. Real GDP growth is expected to continue at about 5 percent in 2005, led by increased output in the hydrocarbon sector and sustained activity in the...
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Mongolia; Request for Stand-By Arrangement: Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mongolia
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper focuses on proposed Stand-By arrangement (SBA) for Mongolia. This proposed SBA would aim to smooth adjustment to the catastrophic terms-of-trade shock, restore health to the country’s fiscal finances, and allow for exchange rate flexibility in line with market conditions. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242535
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Grenada; First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Arrangement, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, Financing Assurance Review, Request for Rephasing an...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The staff report for the First Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) Arrangement highlights Grenada’s economic performance in many respects. The time needed to address the unregulated bank, as well as fiscal slippages and the slow pace of structural reform, delayed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242547
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United Republic of Tanzania; Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument, First Review Under the Exogenous Shocks Facility, and Request for a Modification of Performance/Asses...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper discusses key findings of the Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) for the United Republic of Tanzania. All end-June 2009 quantitative performance/assessment criteria were met. Good progress has been achieved with structural reforms. The Executive Board approved the...
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