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This paper provides an analysis of the developments in public health spending over the past 40 years, as well as projections of public health spending for 50 advanced and emerging countries over 2011-50. The paper also quantifies the effects of specific health reforms on the growth of public...
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This supplement provides country case studies on public health care expenditures and reform experiences in eight … broader approach and examine reform experiences and challenges during the past two decades rather than focusing exclusively on … episodes of successful reform. The lessons from the case studies for other countries are integrated into the main Board paper …
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We introduce non-tradable goods to the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) model to study the distributive effects of terms of trade shocks. We show that the employment of resources in activities producing exclusively for the local market induces a crucial association between domestic spending and...
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Poverty risk is most marked for children, displaced persons and returnees, unemployed, and people with low education. Basic goals of the macroeconomic framework of the mid-term development strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina are to reduce the overall public expenditures, lower the public debt,...
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Using data for a sample of developing and transition countries, this paper estimates the relationship between government spending on health care and education, and social indicators. Unlike previous studies, where social indicators are used as proxies for the unobservable health and education...
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that there are signs that the economy of Switzerland has started to grow …
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Switzerland showed impressive growth performance owing to its strong macroeconomic policies and structural reform …
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This paper reviews the trade-offs in Switzerland, focusing on challenges for fiscal policy coordination. It reviews the … Switzerland’s fiscal performance. It also discusses the specific policy challenges related to population aging, reviews the Swiss …
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Switzerland showed commendable economic growth with low inflation and increasing employment. Executive Directors … labor markets. They noted that the monetary policy framework continues to serve Switzerland well, underpinned by effective …
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Switzerland. It examines the intertemporal consistency between current policy plans and unfunded liabilities, focusing primarily … the generous disability and pension systems. The paper also examines the need for health care reforms in Switzerland …
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