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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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Machine Learning and Causality: The Impact of Financial Crises on Growth

Author/Editor: Andrew J Tiffin.

Release Date:November, 2019

Machine learning tools are well known for their success in prediction. But prediction is not causation, and causal discovery is at the core of most questions concerning economic policy. Recently, more...



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Learning to Live with Cheaper Oil : Policy Adjustment in MENA and CCA Oil-Exporting Countries

Author/Editor: Martin Sommer, Allan G Auclair, Armand Fouejieu, Inutu Lukonga, Saad N Quayyum, Amir Sadeghi, Gazi H Shbaikat, Andrew J Tiffin, Bruno Versailles.

Release Date:June, 2016

This paper discusses the challenges posed by low oil prices in the MENA and CCA regions, the adjustment policies adopted so far, and remaining adjustment needs and future risks. more...



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Seeing in the Dark : A Machine-Learning Approach to Nowcasting in Lebanon

Author/Editor: Andrew Tiffin.

Release Date:March, 2016

Macroeconomic analysis in Lebanon presents a distinct challenge. For example, long
 delays in the publication of GDP data mean that our analysis often relies on proxy
 variables, more...



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European Productivity, Innovation and Competitiveness: The Case of Italy

Author/Editor: Andrew Tiffin.

Release Date:May, 2014

In Italy, price-based competitiveness measures are not always an accurate predictor of trade outcomes. This paper offers a more comprehensive assessment of Italian competitiveness, focusing on the more...



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Ukraine : The Cost of Weak Institutions

Author/Editor: Andrew Tiffin.

Release Date:July, 2006

Ukraine has the potential to be a very wealthy country. It has a well-educated workforce, some of the best agricultural land in the world, an enviable supply of hydrocarbons and minerals, and a more...



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The Link Between Adherence to International Standards of Good Practice, Foreign Exchange Spreads, and Ratings

Author/Editor: Andrew Tiffin, Christian B Mulder, Charalambos Christofides.

Release Date:April, 2003

This paper examines the relationship between adherence to international standards of good practice in policy-making and two key indicators of access to capital markets and the cost of this access: more...



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