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No. 312 | 31 May 2012 |
South-South Migration in West Africa
Although South-South migrants face much of the same discrimination and integration challenges as their South-North counterparts, South-South flows need to be analysed from a different standpoint. An investigation of immigrant experience in West... |
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No. 311 | 11 May 2012 |
The Product Space and the Middle-Income Trap
Rapid and sustained economic growth in the emerging world has brought new members, notably China, into the group of middle-income countries. Reaching this level of income, however, has historically presented countries with a new set of challenges to... |
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No. 310 | 21 Mar 2012 |
Korea's Low-Carbon Green Growth Strategy
This paper examines Korea’s low-carbon green growth strategy with a focus on three pillars: regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industries; incentive mechanisms for businesses to develop green technologies and products; and public... |
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No. 309 | 31 Jan 2012 |
Making Reform Happen in Colombia
This paper studies the interaction between different actors in the policy-making process of fiscal transfer reform in Colombia. To analyse this reform, we use the “life cycle of reform” framework. In that context, we follow critical phases in the... |
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No. 308 | 01 Mar 2012 |
Modernisation technologique en Chine et en Inde
This paper studies sources of technological upgrading in China and India. What is striking about the impressive growth of China and (to a lesser degree) India is that they export products associated with a high productivity level that is much higher... |
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No. 307 | 05 Jan 2012 |
Labour Market Changes, Labour Disputes and Social Cohesion in China
Jobs are important in maintaining social cohesion. Employment provides income, but also a sense of self-worth and a meeting place for social interactions that weave the social fabric. With over 200 million unemployed globally, the number of jobs... |
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No. 306 | 21 Dec 2011 |
Revisiting MDG Cost Estimates from a Domestic Resource Mobilisation Perspective
This paper aims at providing an estimate of the resource envelope required in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on the global level. As widely acknowledged by previous contributors to this literature, modelling the cost of... |
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No. 305 | 20 Oct 2011 |
Being “Middle-Class” in Latin America
This paper joins the debate on the size of the middle class in Latin America, analysing its structure and characteristics. The paper investigates inter-class mobility potential and its evolution over time in the case of selected countries. As a... |
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No. 304 | 01 Oct 2011 |
The Process of Reform in Latin America
This paper contributes to literature on the process of reform in Latin America. We study political economy aspects and the policy making process of reforms in what we identify as the five critical steps through the "life cycle" of a policy reform:... |
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No. 303 | 01 Sept 2011 |
Sovereign Wealth Funds as Investors in Africa
This paper studies the opportunities and barriers for Sovereign Wealth Funds’ (SWFs) investments in Africa. Based on historical databases on SWFs’ transactions, it shows that SWFs can facilitate up to 50% of the investment needs in infrastructure in... |
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No. 302 | 01 Jul 2011 |
Recalibrating Development Co-operation
With the recent boost of emerging economies in African economic relations, a different philosophy of development co-operation is progressively gaining momentum. Indeed, there are critical differences in the way development co-operation is provided by... |
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No. 301 | 07 Jun 2011 |
Public Infrastructure Investment and Fiscal Sustainability in Latin America
Latin American countries exhibit a significant gap in infrastructure stocks, due to low and in many cases inefficient public investment, which is furthermore not compensated by private sector projects. In this paper we analyse trends in public and... |
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No. 300 | 07 Jun 2011 |
“Stay With Us?” The Impact of Emigration on Wages in Honduras
While the econometric literature on the impact of immigration on labour markets is well developed, there is a striking gap with regards to the impact of emigration on sending countries. Building on the established literature measuring the impact of... |
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No. 299 | 01 May 2011 |
Continental vs. Intercontinental Migration
This working paper uses an agricultural household model to explore the impact of potential immigration policy reforms on the welfare of rural households in Burkina Faso. Simulation results demonstrate that, in contrast to continental migration,... |
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No. 298 | 01 May 2011 |
The Impact of Migration Policies on Rural Household Welfare in Mexico and Nicaragua
This working paper presents findings from an effort to evaluate the impacts of immigration policies on the welfare of migrants and their families in migrant-sending countries. It uses a disaggregated micro economy-wide modelling approach, designed to... |
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No. 297 | 01 Mar 2011 |
Ascendance by Descendants?
This paper studies intergenerational social mobility in Latin America. We show that persistence in educational achievements across generations is high compared to other parts of the world. That is, not only is the income distribution in Latin America... |
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No. 296 | 01 Feb 2011 |
The Macroeconomic Effects of Large Exchange Rate Appreciations
In this paper we study the macroeconomic effects of large exchange rate appreciations. In a sample of 128 countries since 1960, we identify 25 episodes of large nominal and real appreciations shocks and study their macroeconomic effects in a... |
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No. 295 | 01 Jan 2011 |
The Economy of the Possible
Social protection coverage is quite low in Latin America. This situation, irrespective of the type of pension scheme, represents a challenge for public policy since these low levels of affiliation and irregular contribution histories indicate that... |
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No. 294 | 25 Oct 2010 |
Taxation and More Representation?
Is the social contract in Latin America broken? Many authors have suggested this is the case, given the high levels of inequality, the low levels of taxation and the low quality of public services observed in the region. This paper analyses... |
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No. 293 | 25 Oct 2010 |
Rethinking the (European) Foundations of Sub-Saharan African Regional Economic Integration
Support for regional economic integration in Africa runs high amongst the continent’s international development partners and African elites. However, its expression in European forms of economic integration is not appropriate to regional capacities... |
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South-South Migration in West Africa
Jason Gagnon et David Khoudour-Castéras
31 May 2012
Although South-South migrants face much of the same discrimination and integration challenges as their South-North counterparts, South-South flows need to be analysed from a different standpoint. An investigation of immigrant experience in West...
The Product Space and the Middle-Income Trap
Anna Jankowska, Arne Nagengast et José Ramón Perea
11 May 2012
Rapid and sustained economic growth in the emerging world has brought new members, notably China, into the group of middle-income countries. Reaching this level of income, however, has historically presented countries with a new set of challenges to...
Korea's Low-Carbon Green Growth Strategy
Sang In Kang, Jin-gyu Oh et Hongseok Kim
21 Mar 2012
This paper examines Korea’s low-carbon green growth strategy with a focus on three pillars: regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industries; incentive mechanisms for businesses to develop green technologies and products; and public...
Making Reform Happen in Colombia
Sebastián Nieto Parra et Mauricio Olivera
31 Jan 2012
This paper studies the interaction between different actors in the policy-making process of fiscal transfer reform in Colombia. To analyse this reform, we use the “life cycle of reform” framework. In that context, we follow critical phases in the...
Modernisation technologique en Chine et en Inde
Jaejoon Woo
01 Mar 2012
This paper studies sources of technological upgrading in China and India. What is striking about the impressive growth of China and (to a lesser degree) India is that they export products associated with a high productivity level that is much higher...
Labour Market Changes, Labour Disputes and Social Cohesion in China
Fang Cai et Meiyan Wang
05 Jan 2012
Jobs are important in maintaining social cohesion. Employment provides income, but also a sense of self-worth and a meeting place for social interactions that weave the social fabric. With over 200 million unemployed globally, the number of jobs...
Revisiting MDG Cost Estimates from a Domestic Resource Mobilisation Perspective
Vararat Atisophon, Jesus Bueren, Gregory De Paepe, Christopher Garroway et Jean-Philippe Stijns
21 Dec 2011
This paper aims at providing an estimate of the resource envelope required in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on the global level. As widely acknowledged by previous contributors to this literature, modelling the cost of...
Being “Middle-Class” in Latin America
Francesca Castellani et Gwenn Parent
20 Oct 2011
This paper joins the debate on the size of the middle class in Latin America, analysing its structure and characteristics. The paper investigates inter-class mobility potential and its evolution over time in the case of selected countries. As a...
The Process of Reform in Latin America
Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Juliana Londoño et Sebastián Nieto Parra
01 Oct 2011
This paper contributes to literature on the process of reform in Latin America. We study political economy aspects and the policy making process of reforms in what we identify as the five critical steps through the "life cycle" of a policy reform:...
Sovereign Wealth Funds as Investors in Africa
Edouard Turkisch
01 Sept 2011
This paper studies the opportunities and barriers for Sovereign Wealth Funds’ (SWFs) investments in Africa. Based on historical databases on SWFs’ transactions, it shows that SWFs can facilitate up to 50% of the investment needs in infrastructure in...
Recalibrating Development Co-operation
Myriam Dahman Saidi et Christina Wolf
01 Jul 2011
With the recent boost of emerging economies in African economic relations, a different philosophy of development co-operation is progressively gaining momentum. Indeed, there are critical differences in the way development co-operation is provided by...
Public Infrastructure Investment and Fiscal Sustainability in Latin America
Luis Carranza, Christian Daude et Ángel Melguizo
07 Jun 2011
Latin American countries exhibit a significant gap in infrastructure stocks, due to low and in many cases inefficient public investment, which is furthermore not compensated by private sector projects. In this paper we analyse trends in public and...
“Stay With Us?” The Impact of Emigration on Wages in Honduras
Jason Gagnon
07 Jun 2011
While the econometric literature on the impact of immigration on labour markets is well developed, there is a striking gap with regards to the impact of emigration on sending countries. Building on the established literature measuring the impact of...
Continental vs. Intercontinental Migration
Fleur Wouterse
01 May 2011
This working paper uses an agricultural household model to explore the impact of potential immigration policy reforms on the welfare of rural households in Burkina Faso. Simulation results demonstrate that, in contrast to continental migration,...
The Impact of Migration Policies on Rural Household Welfare in Mexico and Nicaragua
J. Edward Taylor et Mateusz Filipski
01 May 2011
This working paper presents findings from an effort to evaluate the impacts of immigration policies on the welfare of migrants and their families in migrant-sending countries. It uses a disaggregated micro economy-wide modelling approach, designed to...
Ascendance by Descendants?
Christian Daude
01 Mar 2011
This paper studies intergenerational social mobility in Latin America. We show that persistence in educational achievements across generations is high compared to other parts of the world. That is, not only is the income distribution in Latin America...
The Macroeconomic Effects of Large Exchange Rate Appreciations
Marcus Kappler, Helmut Reisen, Moritz Schularick et Edouard Turkisch
01 Feb 2011
In this paper we study the macroeconomic effects of large exchange rate appreciations. In a sample of 128 countries since 1960, we identify 25 episodes of large nominal and real appreciations shocks and study their macroeconomic effects in a...
The Economy of the Possible
Rita Da Costa, Juan Ramón de Laiglesia, Emmanuelle Martínez et Ángel Melguizo
01 Jan 2011
Social protection coverage is quite low in Latin America. This situation, irrespective of the type of pension scheme, represents a challenge for public policy since these low levels of affiliation and irregular contribution histories indicate that...
Taxation and More Representation?
Christian Daude et Ángel Melguizo
25 Oct 2010
Is the social contract in Latin America broken? Many authors have suggested this is the case, given the high levels of inequality, the low levels of taxation and the low quality of public services observed in the region. This paper analyses...
Rethinking the (European) Foundations of Sub-Saharan African Regional Economic Integration
Peter Draper
25 Oct 2010
Support for regional economic integration in Africa runs high amongst the continent’s international development partners and African elites. However, its expression in European forms of economic integration is not appropriate to regional capacities...