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, informality, and inequality have been falling over the past two decades, though still remain high. By contrast, productivity has … conclusions on the impact of labor market institutions and demographic factors on unemployment, informality, inequality and … taxes, but also by the increased shares of more educated and older workers. By contrast, the fall in inequality starting in …
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This paper considers the implications for developing countries of a new wave of technological change that substitutes pervasively for labor. It makes simple and plausible assumptions: the AI revolution can be modeled as an increase in productivity of a distinct type of capital that substitutes...
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recognized as being critical building blocks for the structure, development and functioning of LCBMs. This Working Paper seeks to … for the development of LCBMs that would adequately address common challenges and impediments …
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social cohesion. This paper discusses the spending, financing, and delivery capacity aspects of a viable development strategy … for Guatemala couched within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. Overall, Guatemala faces …
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Development Goals in the health, education, and infrastructure sectors in Brazil. We find that there is room for savings in …
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How do oil price movements affect sovereign spreads in an oil-dependent economy? I develop a stochastic general equilibrium model of an economy exposed to co-moving oil price and output processes, with endogenous sovereign default risk. The model explains a large proportion of business cycle...
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Female-to-male employment in Senegal increased by 14 percentage points between 2006 and 2011. During the same period years of education of the working age population increased 27 percent for females and 13 percent for males, reducing gender gaps in education. In this paper, we quantitatively...
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sustainable development goals (SDGs). Under current policies, Rwanda would meet its SDGs right after 2050. Active policies that …
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growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important …
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capacity, thus causing global warming and blocking a similar, fossil-fuel driven development path for emerging markets and … developing economies (EMDEs). This paper develops a simple model of a sequential, fossil-fuel driven development process to …; (iv) ultimately, a superior option-for both the world's climate and growth prospects-is the development of clean energy …
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