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Human Capital Convergence; International Evidence

Sab, Randa; Smith, Stephen C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

In the growth literature, evidence on income convergence is mixed. In the development literature, health and education …

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Fiscal Policy Rules for Oil-Producing Countries; A Welfare-Based Assessment

Maliszewski, Wojciech - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The paper presents numerical simulations of various fiscal rules for oil-producing countries. Welfare implications are sensitive to the choice of the social welfare function, initial conditions, and non-oil growth prospects. The distribution of non-oil wealth is important for countries with...

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Columbia or High School? Understanding the Roles of Education in Development

Ramcharan, Rodney - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

No country has achieved sustained economic development without investment in education. Thus, education policy can play a vital role in facilitating development. But which types of schooling-secondary or tertiary-should public policy promote? This paper develops an analytical framework to...

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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investment; Evidence From Indian Tariff Reform

Edmonds, Eric V.; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Do the short and medium term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalization influence schooling and child labor decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in...

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Expenditure Issues and Governance in Central America

Corbacho, Ana; Davoodi, Hamid Reza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper analyzes Central America's track record on inequality, poverty, and quality of fiscal adjustment in relation to economic growth; health and education outcomes; adequacy of social safety nets; and governance. It then assesses the degree to which the track record can be traced to...

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Social Returns to Education; Evidence From Italian Local Labor Market Areas

Dalmazzo, A.; Blasio, Guido De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

The paper provides a quantitative assessment of social returns to education in Italy. It shows that, after controlling for individual characteristics, local average human capital is positively correlated with individual wages, with estimated social returns between 2 and 3 percent. This result is...

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Composition of Government Expenditures and Demand for Education in Developing Countries

Matovu, John; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

heterogeneous agents in which altruistic parents make schooling decisions for their children. In the presence of fixed and variable …

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A Hybrid Approach to Estimating the Efficiency of Public Spending on Education in Emerging and Developing Economies

Grigoli, Francesco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

of the level of development on education outcomes by constructing different efficiency frontiers for lower- and higher-income … economies. We find evidence of large potential gains in enrollment rates by improving efficiency. These are largest in lower-income … reducing income inequality (as measured by the Gini coefficient) could also help improve efficiency. …

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Kenya; Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report: 2004/2005

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper examines Kenyaâ€™s Poverty Reduction Strategy annual progress report. The Investment Program for the Economic Recovery Strategy is Kenyaâ€™s medium-term strategy to foster economic growth and reduce poverty. Poverty is defined as the inability to command resources and is a...

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Uganda; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

into a middle-income country. The government's strategy in the short term is aimed at strengthening both agriculture and …

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