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Remittances and Vulnerability in Developing Countries

Author/Editor: Giulia Bettin, Andrea Presbitero, Nicola Spatafora.

Release Date:January, 2014

This paper examines how international remittances are affected by structural characteristics, macroeconomic conditions, and adverse shocks in both source and recipient economies. We exploit a novel, more...



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Export Quality in Developing Countries

Author/Editor: Christian Henn, Chris Papageorgiou, Nicola Spatafora.

Release Date:May, 2013

This paper develops new, far more extensive estimates of export quality, covering 178 countries and hundreds of products over 1962–2010. Quality upgrading is particularly rapid during the early more...



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Economic Diversification in LICs : Stylized Facts and Macroeconomic Implications

Author/Editor: Chris Papageorgiou, Nicola Spatafora.

Release Date:December, 2012

Limited diversification is an underlying characteristic of many low-income countries (LICs). Concentration in sectors with limited scope for increases in productivity and quality may result in less more...



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Capital Inflows, Financial Development, and Domestic Investment: Determinants and Inter-Relationships

Author/Editor: Oana Luca, Nicola Spatafora.

Release Date:May, 2012

We examine determinants of, and interactions between, capital inflows, financial development, and domestic investment in developing countries during 2001-07, a period of surging global liquidity and more...



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Structural Transformation and the Sophistication of Production

Author/Editor: Nicola Spatafora, Rahul Anand, Saurabh Mishra.

Release Date:February, 2012

A new dataset on export sophistication reveals that in many countries the importance of modern services, and the sophistication of manufactured and service exports, has increased over time. However, more...



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Global Shocks and their Impacton Low-Income Countries : Lessons From theglobal Financial Crisis

Author/Editor: Chris Papageorgiou, Hans Weisfeld, Catherine A. Pattillo, Martin Schindler, Nicola Spatafora, Andrew Berg.

Release Date:February, 2011

This paper investigates the short-run effects of the 2007-09 global financial crisis on growth in (mainly non-fuel exporting) low-income countries (LICs). Four conclusions stand out. First, for many more...



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The End of An Era? the Medium- and Long-Term Effects of the Global Crisison Growth in Low-Income Countries

Author/Editor: Chris Papageorgiou, Andrew Berg, Catherine A Pattillo, Nicola Spatafora.

Release Date:September, 2010

This paper investigates the medium- and long-term growth effects of the global financial crises on Low-Income Countries (LICs). Using several methodological approaches, including impulse response more...



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