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Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises

By: Mr.Paolo Dudine,Sibabrata Das,Ms.Pritha Mitra,Yongzheng Yang,Eteri Kvintradze,MissNkunde Mwase

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Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises

By: Mr.Paolo Dudine,Sibabrata Das,Ms.Pritha Mitra,Yongzheng Yang,Eteri Kvintradze,MissNkunde Mwase

Low-income countries were hit especially hard by sharp increases in world food and fuel prices in 2007-08 and the global financial crisis that followed. In response, the International Monetary Fund scaled up its financial assistance to low-income countries and revamped its concessional lending facilities to make them more flexible in meeting the diverse needs of these countries. Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises assesses empirically the outcome of the IMF response, and provides insight into how IMF-supported programs in low-income countries have been adapted to the changing economic circumstances in these countries. The authors report that these programs have provided expanded policy space in the face of the global price shocks and financial crisis.

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1589069307

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Growth at Risk from Natural Disasters

By: Mr. Tamim Bayoumi,Mr. Saad N Quayyum,Sibabrata Das

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Growth at Risk from Natural Disasters

By: Mr. Tamim Bayoumi,Mr. Saad N Quayyum,Sibabrata Das

The paper analyzes the impact of natural disasters on per-capita GDP growth. Using a quantile regressions and growth-at-risk approach, the paper examines the impact of disasters and policy choices on the distribution of growth rather than simply its average. We find that countries that have in place disaster preparedness mechanisms and lower public debt have lower probability of witnessing a significant drop in growth as a consequence of a natural disaster, but our innovative methodology in this paper finds that the two policies are complements since their effectiveness vary across different disaster scenarios. While both are helpful for small to mid-size disasters, lower debt—and hence more fiscal space—is more beneficial in the face of very large disasters. A balanced strategy would thus involve both policies.

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1513597655

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Economic Growth and Development

A Dynamic Dual Economy Approach

By: Sibabrata Das,Alex Mourmouras,Peter Rangazas

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Economic Growth and Development

A Dynamic Dual Economy Approach

By: Sibabrata Das,Alex Mourmouras,Peter Rangazas

This text is an introduction to the newer features of growth theory that are particularly useful in examining the issues of economic development. Growth theory provides a rich and versatile analytical framework through which fundamental questions about economic development can be examined. Structural transformation, in which developing countries transition from traditional production in largely rural areas to modern production in largely urban areas, is an important causal force in creating early economic growth, and as such, is made central in this approach. Towards this end, the authors augment the Solow model to include endogenous theories of saving, fertility, human capital, institutional arrangements, and policy formation, creating a single two-sector model of structural transformation. Based on applied research and practical experiences in macroeconomic development, the model in this book presents a more rigorous, quantifiable, and explicitly dynamic dual economy approach to development. Common microeconomic foundations and notation are used throughout, with each chapter building on the previous material in a continuous flow. Revised and updated to include more exercises for guided self study, as well as a technical appendix covering required mathematical topics beyond calculus, the second edition is appropriate for both upper undergraduate and graduate students studying development economics and macroeconomics.

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