 | Closing Peru's Ethnic Gaps Amidst Sustained Economic Growth Author/Editor: Carlos Chavez, Gonzalo Salinas, Yuri Zamora. Release Date:September, 2022 We analyze the recent evolution of ethnic economic inequality in Peru, a major source of social discontent in the country. Household survey data indicates that recent decades of high output growth more...
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| Estimating the Impact of External Shocks on the ECCU: Application to the COVID Shock Author/Editor: Vivian Parlak, Gonzalo Salinas, Mauricio Vargas. Release Date:August, 2021 We measure the impact of frequent exogeneous shocks on small ECCU economies, including changes to global economic activity, tourism flows, oil prices, passport sales, FDI, and natural disasters. more...
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| Chile: A Role Model of Export Diversification Policies? Author/Editor: Gonzalo Salinas. Release Date:May, 2021 Largely because of its vast copper reserves, Chile's exports are highly concentrated on this low complexity product and this is often cited as a major drawback of its economic policy framework. more...
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| Proximity and Horizontal Policies: The Backbone of Export Diversification Author/Editor: Gonzalo Salinas. Release Date:March, 2021 The lack of a clear link between general economic fundamentals and export diversification indicators in the literature has fueled the believe that industrial policies are an absolute requisite to more...
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 | Tourism in the Post-Pandemic World : Economic Challenges and Opportunities for Asia-Pacific and the Western Hemisphere Author/Editor: Manuela Goretti, Lamin Y Leigh, Aleksandra Babii, Serhan Cevik, Stella Kaendera, Dirk V Muir, Sanaa Nadeem, Gonzalo Salinas. Release Date:February, 2021 This departmental paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism in the Asia Pacific region, Latin America, and Caribbean countries. Many tourism dependent economies in these regions, more...
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| Explaining High Unemployment in ECCU Countries Author/Editor: Ronald James, Jemma Lafeuillee, Mike Xin Li, Gonzalo Salinas, Yevgeniya Savchenko. Release Date:July, 2019 In recent years, unemployment rates in some ECCU countries have been among the highest globally. This paper evaluates several factors that could explain them, finding that high unit labor costs, in a more...
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| Policy Trade-Offs in Building Resilience to Natural Disasters: The Case of St. Lucia Author/Editor: Alessandro Cantelmo, Leo Bonato, Giovanni Melina, Gonzalo Salinas. Release Date:March, 2019 Resilience to climate change and natural disasters hinges on two fundamental elements: financial protection —insurance and self-insurance— and structural protection —investment in adaptation. more...
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| Trade Liberalization in Peru : Adjustment Costs Amidst High Labor Mobility Author/Editor: Elin Baldárrago, Gonzalo Salinas. Release Date:March, 2017 While trade integration has been an engine of global growth and prosperity, as suggested by theory, some sectors have been negatively affected by increased import competition. We test if this more...
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| Growth in Africa Under Peace and Market Reforms Author/Editor: Olessia Korbut, Gonzalo Salinas, Cheikh A. Gueye. Release Date:February, 2011 Economic stagnation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has led several economists to question the region’s ability to attain sustained economic growth, some of them arguing for the need to shift away from more...
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| The Macroeconomic Impact of Scaled-Up Aid : The Case of Niger Author/Editor: Emilio Sacerdoti, Gonzalo Salinas, Abdikarim Farah. Release Date:March, 2009 We develop a simple macroeconomic model that assesses the effects of higher foreign aid on output growth and other macroeconomic variables, including the real exchange rate. The model is easily more...
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