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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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Economic Benefits of Export Diversification in Small States

Author/Editor: Arnold McIntyre, Mike Xin Li, Ke Wang, Hanlei Yun.

Release Date:April, 2018

The paper considers concepts of economic diversification with respect to exports (including service sectors) for small states. We assessed the economic performance of different groups of 34 small 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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National Insurance Scheme Reforms in the Caribbean

Author/Editor: Koffie Ben Nassar, Joel Chiedu Okwuokei, Mike Li, Timothy Robinson, Saji Thomas.

Release Date:October, 2016

Weighed down by population aging, slow economic growth, and high unemployment, National Insurance Schemes in the Caribbean are projected to run substantial deficits and deplete their assets in the more...



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