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The Pacific Speed of Growth; How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?

Yang, Yongzheng; Chen, Hong; Singh, Shiu raj; Singh, Baljeet - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

This study aims to test within a relatively homogeneous group of small states what differentiates the growth performance of Pacific island countries (PICs) from their peers. We find that PICs are disadvantaged by distance and hampered by lower investment and exports compared with other small...

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The Growth Comeback in Developing Economies; A New Hope or Back to the Future?

Bluedorn, John C; Duttagupta, Rupa; Guajardo, Jaime; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Growth takeoffs in developing economies have rebounded in the past two decades. Although recent takeoffs have lasted longer than takeoffs before the 1990s, a key question is whether they could unravel like some did in the past. This paper finds that recent takeoffs are associated with stronger...

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Enhancing Chinaâ€™s Medium-Term Growth Prospects; The Path to a High-Income Economy

Nabar, Malhar; Papa M'B. P. N'Diaye - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

probability of stalled convergence increases. On the other hand, with reforms to accelerate TFP growth and shift the economy away … from its continued reliance on capital accumulation, China can grow at a healthy pace and maintain its convergence toward … and sustain such a convergence toward the level of more prosperous economies. …

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Emerging Markets in Transition: Growth Prospects and Challenges

Cubeddu, Luis M.; Culiuc, Alexander; Fayad, Ghada; Gao, Yuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

After a short-lived slowdown in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis and a swift rebound, emerging markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the post-crisis peak of 2010-11, as well as the rates seen in the decade before the...

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Aid Effectiveness: The Role of the Local Elite

Angeles, Luis; Neanidis, Kyriakos C - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2006

We study the importance of the local elite as a determinant of the effectiveness of foreign aid in developing countries. An "extractive" elite will misuse aid flows, an issue that is probably as old as foreign aid itself. We proxy for the existence of an "extractive" elite by using an...

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Tax Structure, Growth and Welfare in the UK

Angelopoulos, Konstantinos; Malley, Jim; … - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2008

This paper studies the quantitative implications of changes in the composition of taxes for long-run growth and expected lifetime utility in the UK economy over 1970-2005. Our setup is a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model incorporating a detailed fiscal policy structure, and whose...

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