Search Results - subject:"CAPITA INCOME"

Export Performance in Europe; What Do We Know from Supply Links?

Rahman, Jesmin; Zhao, Tianli - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

One of the most important recent developments in international trade is the increasing interconnectedness of export production through a vertical trading chain network that streches across many countries, with each country specializing in particular stages of a goodâ€™s production. Using...

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Demanda de vivienda nueva no vis en las tres principales ciudades de Colombia

Galindo, Nátaly Andrea Ortiz; Muñoz, Nelson Manolo Chávez - In: DIMENSIÓN EMPRESARIAL (2013)

La vivienda en Colombia al igual que en cualquier otro país, se presenta para el ser humano, como un bien fundamental, el cual tan solo unos pocos pueden adquirir, haciendo de este un bien sensible ante las variaciones del mercado. Variaciones tales como la tasa de interés, el ingreso per...

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Are the Asia and Pacific Small States Different from Other Small States?

Tumbarello, Patrizia; Cabezon, Ezequiel; Wu, Yiqun - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, geographical isolation and dispersion, narrow export and production bases, exposure to shocks, and heavy...

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Searching for the Finance-Growth Nexus in Libya

Cevik, Serhan; Rahmati, Mohammad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

This paper investigates the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Libya during the period 1970–2010. The empirical results vary with estimation methodology and model specification, but indicate the lack of long-run relationship between financial...

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The Economic Impact of IMF-Supported Programs in Low-Income Countries

Bal-Gunduz, Yasemin; Ebeke, Christian; Hacibedel, Burcu; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

This paper aims to assess the economic impact of the IMF’s support through its facilities for low-income countries. It relies on two complementary econometric analyses: the first investigates the longer-term impact of IMF engagement—primarily through successive medium-term programs under the...

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Remoteness and Unbalanced Growth: Understanding Divergence Across Indian Districts

Das, Samarjit; Ghate, Chetan; Robertson, Peter E. - eSocialSciences - 2013

The existing literature on Indian growth finds no evidence of convergence across states. This represents a puzzle given the relatively free flows of capital, labor and commodities across state borders. A new data set of district level income and socio-economic data is used to explore the...

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IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN PAKISTAN

Fahad, Israr; Rehmat, Ali - In: Romanian Economic Business Review 8 (2013) 4, pp. 48-60

inequality in income distribution. The results suggest that per capita income, and remittances, are highly significant … without the increase in per capita income. The paper comes to the conclusion that government should promote investment in … social and developmental projects, creating job opportunities, increasing individual per capita income, and capturing the …

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What explains schooling differences across countries?

Cordoba, Juan Carlos; Ripoll, Marla - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2013

This paper provides a theory that explains the cross-country distribution of average years of schooling, as well as the so called human capital premium puzzle. In our theory, credit frictions as well as differences in access to public education, fertility and mortality turn out to be the key...

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Comercio internacional, IED, capital humano e ingreso per cápita en América Latina y el Caribe

Castillo, Omar Neme; Santibáñez, Ana Lilia Valderrama; … - In: Ensayos Revista de Economia XXXII (2013) 1, pp. 101-139

This paper discusses the relationship between international trade and per capita income in 21 countries of Latin … American countries narrowly drives per capita income. While imports of capital goods and the literacy rate contract it. It is …

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Kingdom of the Netherlands-Aruba; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

This Selected Issues paper analyzes sustaining potential growth in Aruba. As in the other Caribbean countries, there are growing concerns in Aruba about the slowdown in economic growth over the past two decades and the consequent tepid outlook for potential growth. Tackling such concerns...

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