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  Does the IMF constrain health spending in poor countries? Evidence and an agenda for action

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2007

  This paper reports on an investigation into whether the IMF constrains health spending in poor countries. With a focus on developing a framework of lessons and recommendations, it draws upon a range of background papers on different aspects of IMF programmes, including detailed case studies for Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia.
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  United Nations Policy Notes for National Development Strategies

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2007

  The outcome document of the 2005 United Nations World Summit called on countries to prepare national development strategies, taking into account the international development goals agreed in the various United Nations Summits and Conferences of the past two decades.
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  Why labour market regulation may pay off: worker motivation, co-ordination and productivity growth

  International Labour Organization, 2007

  This paper argues that aggregate labour productivity growth is higher in economies having a “rigid” (i.e. more regulated and co-ordinated) labour market than in economies with flexible labour markets. The authors find that these characteristics tend to vary together, making it possible to distinguish three types of labour relations systems:
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  Budgeting with women in mind

  Finance and Development, IMF, 2007

  This article argues that the understanding of how public policies have different effects on men and women has improved in recent years and is influencing macroeconomic policymaking. Reducing gender disparities can lead to improved macroeconomic performance.
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  Modalities of moving to inflation targeting in Armenia and Georgia

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2007

  This paper reviews the experiences of Armenia and Georgia in implementing their current monetary and exchange rate policy frameworks and highlights the key challenges of transition toward full-fledged inflation targeting (FFIT).
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  Fiscal decentralisation. Vertical, horizontal and FDI

  Blackwell Synergy, 2007

  This research argues that an increase in the amount of vertical decentralisation of a host country has a negative effect on the amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) that is attracted by this host country.
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  Central banks, inflation targeting and employment creation

  International Labour Organization, 2007

  This research argues that current day orthodoxy of central banking, giving priority to single digit inflation rates is neither optimal nor desirable. The orthodoxy is based on false premises such as:
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  Growth strategies and conditions for pro-poor growth: Uganda’s experience

  Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the broad economic strategies Uganda has implemented since independence in 1962. The authors conclude that the Ugandan experience demonstrates the vital importance of macroeconomic stability in promoting investments, factor productivity, domestic revenue and exports.
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  Lessons from high inflation episodes for stabilizing the economy in Zimbabwe

  IMF Publications, 2007

  This paper examines the stabilisation experience of countries that have had inflation rates above 1,000 percent in the period between 1980-2005 and draws lessons for Zimbabwe. The authors conclude that Zimbabwe needs a comprehensive and credible policy package to stabilise the economy as soon as possible.
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  Measuring unemployment: establishing the cut-off point

  Asian Development Bank, 2007

  This paper examines how the cut-off point used in determining underemployment can be very critical in the resulting indicator and therefore in its policy implications. The author argues that since many workers work around the cut-off point, it is very important to derive the right cut-off point to reduce the risk of undermining the underemployment problem.

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