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Constraints to informal entrepreneurs in developing countries ; An empirical analysis
Krüger, Jens - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353206
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The International Monetary Fund’s view of social equity throughout its 75 years of existence
Garrido Chamorro, Isabel
in recent decades in the fight against poverty and the reduction of inequality on a global scale, which this century … has been an influential actor in the policies to tackle inequality and poverty worldwide. The historical account of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658677
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La visión del Fondo Monetario Internacional sobre la equidad en sus 75 años de vida
Garrido Chamorro, Isabel
in recent decades in the fight against poverty and the reduction of inequality on a global scale, which this century … has been an influential actor in the policies to tackle inequality and poverty worldwide. The historical account of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658678
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Explaining Gender Differences in Unemployment with Micro Data on Flows in Post-Communist Economies
Lauerová, Jana Stefanová; Terrell, Katherine - 2002
determinants of the gender unemployment gap in the Czech Republic using a method that decomposes unemployment rates into transition … (demographic, regional, cyclical) other than gender and marital status affect unemployment. We find that women’s lower probability … of exiting unemployment for a job explains the lion’s share of the gender gap in the unemployment rates in the Czech …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476840
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The Flat Tax: An Examination of the Baltic States
Greenberg, Deena - 2009
The idea of a flat tax, a tax levied at a single rate, has become an increasingly discussed and implemented fiscal strategy across Europe and the rest of the world. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania adopted flat tax systems in 1994 and 1995, making them the first modern countries to adopt flat...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438702
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A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: TUNISIA AND MOROCCO
Friedman, Steven J - 2010
Morocco and Tunisia have both achieved robust economic growth over the last 30 years by utilizing prudent economic planning and implementation. The World Bank heralds both countries as prime examples of how market-friendly capitalist systems can be implemented over a short period of time with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439124
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Critical foundations: Providing Australia’s 21st century infrastructure
Regan, Michael - 2008
Extract: Infrastructure is undoubtedly the least understood of the major asset classes in Australia. A tradition of public ownership and operation, its status as a public good and a lack of information about its investment characteristics in both public and private hands has contributed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441672
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Renewed Growth and Poverty Reduction in Zambia
Bigsten, Arne; Tengstam, Sven - 2010
.6 percentage point reduction due to growth and a 1.2 percentage point increase due to inequality change.Since poverty is most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467517
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Increasing Returns to Marketing in Zambian Maize Markets
Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2010
The article investigates the existence of market externalities due to increasing returns to marketing. Panel data on 198 pairs of maize markets in Zambia and correlated random effects linear and tobit estimators were used to model the relationship between market externalities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467519