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Anand, Rahul; Cheng, Kevin C.; Rehman, Sidra; Zhang, Longmei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and … potential growth, largely reflecting a decline of total factor productivity (TFP) growth; (ii) by contrast, trend growth for the …. Improving or sustaining potential growth calls for broad structural reforms. …

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Rising BRICs and Changes in Sub-Saharan Africaâ€™s Business Cycle Patterns

Diallo, Oumar; Tapsoba, Sampawende J.-A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper assesses the extent to which Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)â€™s business cycle is synchronized with that of the rest of the world (RoW). Findings suggest that SSAâ€™s business cycle has not only moved in the same direction as that of the RoW, but has also gradually drifted away...

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Fatal fluctuations? Cyclicality in infant mortality in India

Bhalotra, Sonia - 2007

This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India and investigates likely mechanisms. A recent OECD-dominated literature shows that mortality at most ages is pro-cyclical but similar analyses for poorer countries are scarce, and both income risk and...

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