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    Cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and empowerment of women in South Africa

    International Labour Organization, 2015
    This country study of cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and economic empowerment of women in South Africa forms part of a comparative analysis with Brazil, Chile, India, and Mexico. The report provides an overview of the social assistance system in South Africa, looking into the policy objectives, types and levels of social grants as well as how these are administered.
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    The Philippine economy in 2007: is a breakthrough in the horizon?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Real GDP growth of the Philippines rose to 5.4 percent in 2006 year after falling to 5 percent in 2005. This outcome surpassed the initial forecasts of many prominent analysts.  What underpinned the higher growth rate were the rebound in the agriculture sec- tor, the solid manufacturing growth, the steady performance of the ser- vices sector, and the favorable fiscal conditions.
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    Chinese presence in real estate in South Africa and Mauritius

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2016
    ­­­China has recently taken the global community by surprise with a surging interest in overseas real estate investment.
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    G-20 development agenda and african priorities: an update

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    The G-20 has come to be seen as one of the world’s most important gatherings for the discussion of a range of issues broadly related to global economic governance. While the G-20 is significantly more representative of developing countries’ interests than other informal structures (such as the G-7), there is still only one permanent member from Africa – South Africa.
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    Developing an Early Warning System for BOP and Financial Crises: The Case of the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1998
    After the onset of the East Asian financial crisis, the interest in early warning system has been revived. While there are different causes to which crises can be attributed, early warning system can be utilized to predict its emergence via monitoring of key economic variables.
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    World Trade Organization (second of two parts)

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The Philippine entry to GATT has paved the way for trade reforms such as removal of trade restrictions. At the early stage of implementation, adjustment costs have burdened a number of economic agents including the domestic firms and agriculture sector. However, advancement of information technology is expected to result to a better conduct of liberalizing and reforming the global trade.
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    Macroeconomic policy change and household health outcomes: A simulation of the impact of the 1988-1992 tariff reform program on the demand for outpatient care in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1998
    This paper estimates a discrete choice model of outpatient care using data drawn from a household survey covering four regions and seven provinces in the Philippines. The choice alternatives include home care and formal care which consists of hospital outpatient clinics, independent private clinics, and public or charity clinics.
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    World Trade Organization (first of two parts)

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The Philippine entry to GATT has paved the way for trade reforms such as removal of trade restrictions. At the early stage of implementation, adjustment costs have burdened a number of economic agents including the domestic firms and agriculture sector. However, advancement of information technology is expected to result to a better conduct of liberalizing and reforming the global trade.
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    Credit unions as channels of micro-credit lines: the Philippine case

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1998
    A subset of the informal financial institutions that has been recently used as lending conduits of special credit programs is the credit union system. However, they often face some resource constraints which prevent them from satisfying the credit demands of their members on time. Access to external sources of funds, such as those of special credit programs, could relax such constraint.
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    Financial reform and development in the Philippines, 1980-1997: Imperatives, performance and challenges

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1998
    This paper discusses the reform and development the Philippine government undertook during the currenncy and financial turmoil in East Asia in the 1980s and 1990s.

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