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Fasano-Filho, Ugo; Goyal, Rishi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Unemployment pressures among nationals are emerging in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). 2 … unemployment pressures while striking a balance between maintaining a liberal foreign labor policy and a reasonable level of …

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Economic Growth in Croatia; Potential and Constraints

Moore, David; Vamvakidis, Athanasios - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper examines the factors and constraints that affect recent and potential growth in Croatia, as well as policies that can influence it. On current productivity trends, it estimates Croatia's potential growth rate at 4-4Â½ percent, a result reasonably robust to different methodologies....

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Colombia; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered …

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Does Public-Sector Employment Fully Crowd Out Private-Sector Employment?

Behar, Alberto; Mok, Junghwan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

-sector employment rates or unemployment rates on two measures of public-sector employment point to full crowding out. This means that …We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out private-sector employment using specially assembled … Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus and Central Asia. These countries simultaneously display high unemployment rates, low …

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Denmark; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

high standard of social security for the unemployed. It provides details of an empirical analysis of unemployment …The paper discusses the flexicurity model, its key policy elements, and association with a low unemployment rate and a …

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Belgium; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

, monetary conditions have remained accommodating. On other structural issues, the upward trend in employment rates is set to …

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Belgium; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This 2011 Article IV Consultation reports that the vulnerability of Belgiumâ€™s sovereign debt to market pressures makes credible medium-term fiscal consolidation a priority. The 2012 budget includes sizable consolidation measures, and the government is committed to take additional measures...

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