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Readings in the Economic Impacts of Recent Changes in Macroeconomic Policies in Sudan (1)
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2012
The secession of Southern Sudan from the mother nation of Sudan was a direct result of political agreement known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). It was expected by the totalitarian government of Northern Sudan that it can contain the civil war between the Sudan Popular Liberation...
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Readings in the Economic Impacts of Recent Changes in Macroeconomic Policies in Sudan (2)
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2012
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The uneven path to recovery : the sub-Saharan African experience
Danquah, Michael; Ebrahim, Amina; Were, Maureen - 2023
COVID-19 cases were first confirmed in March 2020 in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. These countries put in place several stringent measures, including lockdowns, to contain the spread of the virus. Various policies were also rolled out to address the disruption in economic activities, to...
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Southeast Asia in the New Global Economy : Emerging Challenges from Africa and Latin America
Cammack, Paul - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to set the issue of Chinese investment in Southeast Asia in two contexts: the changing geography of economic growth and patterns of trade and investment across the world as a whole, and the accompanying quiet revolution that has taken place in the international...
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Nigeria's Economic Outlook in 2017
Teriba, Ayo - 2017
The economic events of 2016 taught us a lot of hard lessons about Nigeria's interface with the global economy, and the links with domestic growth, stability and policy responses. This paper attempts to distill some of the lessons and clarify the outlook.Weak commodity prices brought Nigeria's...
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Macroeconomic policies, growth, employment, and inequality in Latin America
Damill, Mário; Frenkel, Roberto - 2012
macroeconomic outcomes on poverty rates. With regard to policy, the study examines the changes that took place in 1997-98, and then … acceleration of output growth and employment creation, and contributed to reducing poverty rates. -- Latin American economies … ; macroeconomic policies ; economic growth ; employment ; poverty rates ; inequality …
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Bangladesh : Economic Reform Measures and the Poor
Gotur, Padma - 2006
This paper assesses the impact on the poor of the economic reforms undertaken in Bangladesh under Fund-supported structural adjustment programs. It finds that program-induced changes in production, employment, and incomes have benefitted the poor, while the adverse impact of program-induced...
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Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Child Poverty and Options for a Policy Response in Cameroon
Emini, Christian Arnault - 2018
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Decomposing the Effects of Economic Policies on Poverty Trends in Cameroon : A Double Calibration Micro Simulated General Equilibrium Analysis
Emini, Christian Arnault - 2014
This paper aims to bring out the determinants of significant poverty alleviation observed in Cameroon between 1993 and … 2001. It focuses on the decomposition of poverty and growth changes, in order to assess the intrinsic contribution of each … infrastructures, and the VAT enforcement respectively accounted for two percent, nine percent and -4 percent of poverty alleviation …
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Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction : Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research
Cashin, Paul Anthony; Mauro, Paolo; Pattillo, Catherine A. - 2021
This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty …
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