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Energy Subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stocktaking and Policy Challenges

Author/Editor: Gabriel Di Bella, Lawrence Norton, Joseph Ntamatungiro, Sumiko Ogawa, Issouf Samaké, Marika Santoro.

Release Date:February, 2015

The oil price decline creates an opportunity to dismantle energy subsidies, which escalatedwith high oil prices. This paper assesses energy subsidies in Latin America and theCaribbean—about 1.8 more...



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Output Gap Uncertainty and Real-Time Monetary Policy

Author/Editor: Francesco Grigoli, Alexander Herman, Andrew J Swiston, Gabriel Di Bella.

Release Date:January, 2015

Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central more...



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The U.S. Manufacturing Recovery: Uptick or Renaissance?

Author/Editor: Oya Celasun, Gabriel Di Bella, Tim Mahedy, Chris Papageorgiou.

Release Date:February, 2014

The notable rebound of U.S. manufacturing activity following the Great Recession has raised the question of whether the sector might be experiencing a renaissance. Using panel regressions, we find more...



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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisison Microfinance and Policy Implications

Author/Editor: Gabriel Di Bella.

Release Date:July, 2011

The global financial crisis affected microfinance institutions (MFIs) as lending growth was constrained by scarcer borrowing opportunities, while the economic slowdown negatively impacted asset more...



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Investment-Specific Productivity Growth - Chile in a Global Perspective

Author/Editor: Gabriel Di Bella, Martin Cerisola.

Release Date:December, 2009

By the end of 2007, Chile's total factor productivity was lower than ten years earlier, a performance that contrasted sharply with the previous decade, when productivity grew by a cumulative 30 more...



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