Volume/Issue: 2015/42
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Chie Aoyagi
, and
Giovanni Ganelli
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
February
2015
ISBN: 9781498340144
Despite the rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Asia worsened during last two decades. We focus on the determinants of growth inclusiveness and suggest options for reform. A cross cross-count...
Volume/Issue: 2005/47
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Paulo Lopes
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
2005
ISBN: 9781451860665
Poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) should not be ascertained only on the basis of scarce and unreliable income distribution statistics, but should also take into account social conditions. Recent, w...
Volume/Issue: 2017/270
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
December
2017
ISBN: 9781484331118
The paper reviews Djibouti's macroeconomic reforms aimed at achieving middle-income status as envisaged in Vision Djibouti 2035, the authorities' development strategy. In this context, the paper reviews policy opti...
Volume/Issue: 2015/265
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Mauricio Vargas
, and
Santiago Garriga
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2015
ISBN: 9781513529608
We investigate the factors driving Bolivia's success in reducing inequality and poverty during the last 15 years. Our evidence suggests that the reduction was driven mainly by labor income growth at the bottom end...
Volume/Issue: 2010/218
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Petia Topalova
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
2010
ISBN: 9781455208838
This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to examine the mechanisms underpinning this impact. Variation in sectoral composition across distri...
Volume/Issue: 2002/4
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
January
2002
ISBN: 9781451842050
Developing and transition economies are prone to financial crises, including balance of payments and banking crises. These crises affect poverty and the distribution of income through a variety of channels: slowdow...
Volume/Issue: 2011/234
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Camelia Minoiu
, and
Shatakshee Dhongde
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2011
ISBN: 9781463922009
Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a novel sensitivity analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We...
Volume/Issue: 2017/93
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475594720
The paper examines the poverty-reducing and distributional characteristics of Djibouti's economic growth, and discusses policies that might help make growth more inclusive. It covers the period between 2002 and 201...
Volume/Issue: 2001/5
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Caroline Kende-Robb
, and
Alison Scott
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2001
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451972726.003
ISBN: 9781451972726
This paper reviews some early interim and full PRSPs for countries with which the authors worked during 1999-2000 (Uganda, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mali and The Gambia). The purpose of the review is to c...
Volume/Issue: 2015/42
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Chie Aoyagi
, and
Giovanni Ganelli
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
February
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498340144.001
ISBN: 9781498340144
Despite the rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Asia worsened during last two decades. We focus on the determinants of growth inclusiveness and suggest options for reform. A cross cross-count...