Showing 51 - 60 of 21,670
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003752131
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003435178
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003435185
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003218858
Weighed down by population aging, slow economic growth, and high unemployment, National Insurance Schemes in the Caribbean are projected to run substantial deficits and deplete their assets in the next decades, raising the prospects of government intervention. With the region highly indebted,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715514
This paper documents the two debt restructurings that Grenada undertook in 2004-06 and 2013-15.Both restructurings emerged as a consequence of weak fiscal and debt situations, whichbecame unsustainable soon after external shocks hit the island economy. The two restructurings provided liquidity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705324
Spillovers from South Africa into the other members of the Souther Africa Customs Union (known as the BLNS for Botstwana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) are substantial reflecting sizeable real and financial interlinkages. However, shocks to real GDP growth in South Africa do not seem to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671039
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432182
South Asia needs large infrastructure investments to achieve its development goals, and public investment can also support the Covid-19 recovery. Regression estimates that account for the quantity and quality of investment suggest that public infrastructure was a key driver of productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613693
Countries generally tax the forestry sector to achieve the twin objectives of revenue maximization and sustainability of logging levels. In an ideal world of perfect markets and information, auctions would be the best instrument to determine the price of extraction rights. However, a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780756