 | Tackling the Global Food Crisis: Impact, Policy Response, and the Role of the IMF : Impact, Policy Response, and the Role of the IMF Release Date:September, 2022 Russia's war in Ukraine has exacerbated food insecurity that had already been on the rise for half a decade. Low-income countries are affected the most. This note suggests that the food and more...
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 | Sub-Saharan Africa: Building Resilience to Climate-Related Disasters Author/Editor: Eric M Pondi Endengle, Seung Mo Choi, Pritha Mitra. Release Date:February, 2022 This paper assesses the impact of climate-related disasters on medium-term growth and analyzes key structural areas that could substantially improve disaster-resilience. Results show that (i) more...
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 | Does Child Marriage Matter for Growth? Author/Editor: Pritha Mitra, Eric M Pondi Endengle, Malika Pant, Luiz F Almeida. Release Date:February, 2020 Global attention to ending child marriage and its socio-economic consequences is gaining momentum. Ending child marriage is not only critical from a development perspective but it also has important more...
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 | Avoiding the New Mediocre : Raising Long-Term Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia Author/Editor: Pritha Mitra, Amr Hosny, Gohar Minasyan, Mark Fischer, Gohar Abajyan. Release Date:March, 2016 Raising the Middle East and Central Asia’s long-term growth prospects is critical for meeting the region's pressing need for jobs and higher living standards. more...
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 | Fair Taxation in the Middle East and North Africa Author/Editor: Mario Mansour, Pritha Mitra, Carlo A. Sdralevich, Andrew Jewell. Release Date:September, 2015 Fairness – and what governments can do about it – is at the forefront of economic and social debate all over the world. In MENA, this has been at the core of recent political transitions but has more...
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 | Fiscal Multipliers in Ukraine Author/Editor: Pritha Mitra, Tigran Poghosyan. Release Date:March, 2015 Amid renewed crisis, falling tax revenues, and rising debt, Ukraine faces serious fiscal
consolidation needs. Durable fiscal adjustment can support economic confidence and more...
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 | Estimating Potential Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia Author/Editor: Pritha Mitra, Amr Hosny, Gohar Abajyan, Mark Fischer. Release Date:March, 2015 The Middle East and Central Asia’s economic growth potential is slowing faster than in
other emerging and developing regions, dampening hopes for reducing persistent
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 | The Driving Force behind the Boom and Bust in Construction in Europe Author/Editor: Yan Sun, Pritha Mitra, Alejandro Simone. Release Date:August, 2013 This paper studies the factors behind pro-cyclical but widely varying construction shares (as a percent of GDP) across countries, with a strong focus on European countries. Using a dataset covering more...
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 | Ukraine Gas Pricing Policy: Distributional Consequences of Tariff Increases Author/Editor: Pritha Mitra, Ruben Atoyan. Release Date:October, 2012 Ukraine’s gas pricing policy subsidizes gas and heating for all households. As the cost of imported gas rises, this policy increasingly weighs on government finances, sustains energy more...
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 | Productivity Growth and Structural Reform in Bulgaria: Restarting the Convergence Engine Author/Editor: Pritha Mitra, Cyril Pouvelle. Release Date:May, 2012 Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU more...
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