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Public Investment as an Engine of Growth
Warner, Andrew M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper looks at the empirical record whether big infrastructure and public capital drives have succeeded in … spending boosts output in the short run. It argues against the importance of long term productivity effects, as these are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959467
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China – opportunities of and constraints on the new global player
Siebert, Horst - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 4, pp. 52-61
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998620
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The European Labour Markets - The Search for Routes to Better Economic Performance in Continental Europe
Zoega, Gylfi; Phelps, Edmund - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 1, pp. 3-11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998729
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Ranking of Countries - The WEF, IMD, Fraser and Heritage Indices
Ochel, Wolfgang; Röhn, Oliver - In: CESifo DICE Report 4 (2006) 2, pp. 48-60
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037309
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Regional allocation of public infrastructure investment: The case of Greece
Lambrinidis, Matthew; Psycharis, Yannis; Rovolis, Antonis - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 9, pp. 1231-1244
Lambrinidis M., Psycharis Y. and Rovolis A. (2005) Regional allocation of public infrastructure investment: the case of … infrastructure investment and applies it to Greece for 1982-94 using panel methods of estimation. The principal conclusions are that … regional allocations of infrastructure investment (1) were negatively associated with regional product per capita as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005491632
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Sierra Leone: 2013 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
, and services; as well as the scaling-up of infrastructure investment. Nonetheless, important impediments to broad …-based growth remain, including large infrastructure gaps, insufficient energy supply, and limited access to safe water and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244166
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Benin; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Benin’s program furthers the objectives elaborated in the previous report. It is the result of a broad participative process that engaged all levels of government, the private sector, civil society, and donor partners. Executive Directors commend the program as it provides an adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244174
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Jordan; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile international prices. The macroeconomic situation in Jordan is closely tied to that of other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244218
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
challenges to be addressed. The shortage of basic infrastructure, especially in the rural areas, is due to elevated costs and low … investments. This is compounded by the high cost of individual sanitation infrastructure, the poverty of households, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244228
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Côte d’Ivoire: 2013 Article IV Consultation and Fourth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Côte d’Ivoire is recovering from a long period of economic stagnation and political conflict that culminated in the post-election crisis of end-2010 and early 2011. The conflict caused real per capita income to fall by more than 40 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244413