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The Short-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Markets, Poverty and Inequality in Brazil

Author/Editor: Diala Al Masri, Valentina Flamini, Frederik G Toscani.

Release Date:March, 2021

We document the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Brazilian labor market focusing on employment, wages and hours worked using the nationally representative household surveys more...



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Doing More with Less: How Can Brazil Foster Development While Pursuing Fiscal Consolidation?

Author/Editor: Valentina Flamini, Mauricio Soto.

Release Date:November, 2019

Following a benchmarking exercise, we estimate the spending required to reach satisfactory progress in the Sustainable Development Goals in the health, education, and infrastructure sectors in more...



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Credit Cycle and Capital Buffers in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic

Author/Editor: Valentina Flamini, Pierluigi Bologna, Fabio Di Vittorio, Rasool Zandvakil.

Release Date:February, 2019

Credit is key to support healthy and sustainable economic growth but excess aggregate credit growth can signal the build-up of imbalances and lead to systemic financial crisis. Hence, monitoring the more...



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Growing Pains : Is Latin America Prepared for Population Aging?

Author/Editor: Lorenzo U Figliuoli, Valentina Flamini, Misael Galdamez, Frederic Lambert, Mike Li, Bogdan Lissovolik, Rosalind Mowatt, Jaume Puig, Alexander D Klemm, Mauricio Soto, Saji Thomas, Christoph Freudenberg, Anna Orthofer.

Release Date:April, 2018

This paper estimates the fiscal costs of population aging in Latin America and provides policy recommendations on reforms needed to make these costs manageable. Although Latin American societies are more...



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The Unequal Benefits of Fuel Subsidies Revisited : Evidence for Developing Countries

Author/Editor: David Coady, Valentina Flamini, Louis Sears.

Release Date:November, 2015

Understanding who benefits from fuel price subsidies and the welfare impact of increasing
 fuel prices is key to designing, and gaining public support for, subsidy reform. This more...



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Is the Glass Half Empty Or Half Full? : Issues in Managing Water Challenges and Policy Instruments

Author/Editor: Kalpana Kochhar, Catherine A Pattillo, Yan M Sun, Nujin Suphaphiphat, Andrew J Swiston, Robert Tchaidze, Benedict J Clements, Stefania Fabrizio, Valentina Flamini, Laure Redifer, Harald Finger.

Release Date:June, 2015

This paper examines water challenges, a growing global concern with adverse economic and social consequences, and discusses economic policy instruments. Water subsidies provided through public more...



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The Determinants of Commercial Bank Profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author/Editor: Valentina Flamini, Liliana Schumacher, Calvin A. McDonald.

Release Date:January, 2009

Bank profits are high in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared to other regions. This paper uses a sample of 389 banks in 41 SSA countries to study the determinants of bank profitability. We find that more...



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