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economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …
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Studying the relation between economic growth and income poverty reduction without taking changes in the distribution … Shakespeare, this paper examines the relations between poverty levels, economic growth and changes in inequality in Tanzania … during the 1990s. It offers four conclusions. First, the efficiency with which growth reduces poverty increases with a …
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outward development with export-led growth, industrialisation or growth with predominant primary goods exports, foreign …-run continuous growth and development performance with more resilience against adverse shocks is key. Almost all larger middle …
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This paper presents a model of inflation in developing economies and makes uses of it to evaluate macroeconomic policy in those countries. We see cross-sectoral interactions between demand and supply side forces as central and show that the standard macroeconomic policy recommendations of...
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); the second group focuses on problems to trigger sufficient growth (distorted financial systems, high restrictions on …
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This paper's aim is to provide a different standpoint in the development debate, by focusing on the short-sightedness of the international institutions when they propose a development agenda. Focusing on macroeconomic performance and on privatisation, they have found a solution in PPPs, which...
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In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
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volatility for 30 emerging market economies from 1973 to 2000. We find that reserve holdings and openness to be the most …
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economies from 1973 to 2000. Reserve holdings and openness are found to be the most important explanatory variables of reserve …
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in countries with worse institutions or that lack trade and financial openness. …
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