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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895474
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Flexibility and American labour markets: the evidence and implications.
RS, Belous - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252521
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Czech economy in 2000 and 2001
Křovák, Jiří; Filáček, Jan - In: Prague Economic Papers 2000 (2000) 2
inflation (CPI) to increase to 3.8 % in 2000. Unemployment will rise to 10.8 % (at yearend) and employment will decline by 2 …
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Prediction of development of the czech economy in 2000 and 2001
Křovák, Jiří; Filáček, Jan - In: Politická ekonomie 2000 (2000) 3
inflation (CPI) to increase to 3.8 % in 2000. Unemployment will rise to 10.8 % (at yearend) and employment will decline by 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005258258
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Adopting the Euro in Central Europe; Challenges of the Next Step in European Integration
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
Upon entry into the European Union, countries become members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), with a derogation from adopting the euro as their currency (that is, each country joining the EU commits to replace its national currency with the euro, but can choose when to request...
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Turkey at the Crossroads; From Crisis Resolution to EU Accession
McGettigan, Donal; Debrun, Xavier; Griffiths, Mark E. L.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
nation’s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union … levels. This paper reviews Turkey’s policy performance in terms of growth, inflation, debt, fiscal and financial sector … reform, and labor markets. The analysis assesses the effectiveness of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms …
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Group Wage Curves
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000
groups for unemployment reductions will not reduce wage or price inflation pressures. The estimates also show that the … prices, are affected by overall MSA unemployment, the distribution of unemployment among different groups, and national … prices and wages. MSA unemployment has strong effects on MSA wages and prices, but the distribution of unemployment among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005102010
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Implications of Changes in Menâs and Womenâs Labor Force Participation for Real Compensation Growth and Inflation
Anderson, Katharine; Barrow, Lisa; Butcher, Kristin - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1, pp. 1252-1252
During the 1990s economic expansion, the United States enjoyed both low inflation and low unemployment. Juhn, Murphy … whether Phillips curve relationships between real compensation growth, changes in inflation, and labor market slackness are … labor market slackness do as well as men's in explaining real compensation growth and changes in inflation after 1983. …
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