 | Overcoming Data Sparsity: A Machine Learning Approach to Track the Real-Time Impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa Author/Editor: Karim Barhoumi, Seung Mo Choi, Tara Iyer, Jiakun Li, Franck Ouattara, Andrew J Tiffin, Jiaxiong Yao. Release Date:May, 2022 The COVID-19 crisis has had a tremendous economic impact for all countries. Yet, assessing the full impact of the crisis has been frequently hampered by the delayed publication of official GDP more...
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 | Public Investment Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Countries Author/Editor: Karim Barhoumi, Ha Vu, Shirin Nikaein Towfighian, Rodolfo Maino. Release Date:July, 2018 There is significant room to improve public investment efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa. Investment in sub-Saharan African countries is lagging vis-à-vis peers such as emerging and developing Asia more...
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| Stochastic Trends, Debt Sustainability and Fiscal Policy Author/Editor: Karim Barhoumi, Reda Cherif, Nooman Rebei. Release Date:March, 2016 We study empirically the reaction of fiscal policy to changes in the permanent and
 transitory components of GDP in a panel of countries. We find evidence that government
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| Make Investment Scaling-Up Work in Benin : A Macro-Fiscal Analysis Author/Editor: Karim Barhoumi, Larry Q Cui, Christine Dieterich, Nicolas End, Matteo Ghilardi, Alexander Raabe, Sergio Sola. Release Date:January, 2016 This paper conducts a systematic growth and fiscal analysis to determine: (1) the growth potential of Benin’s ambitious scaling-up of investment, and (2) how the government can generate the more...
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| A World Trade Leading Index (WTLI) Author/Editor: Karim Barhoumi, Laurent Ferrara. Release Date:January, 2015 This paper develops a new monthly World Trade Leading Indicator (WTLI) that relies on nonparametric and parametric approaches. Compared to the CPB World Trade Monitor’s benchmark indicator for more...
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