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    The political economy of pension reform: public opinion in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2015
    Countries around the world are facing important challenges to the sustainability of their pension systems. Changing policies, especially those of large scope and financial magnitude, is a political challenge. It takes a combination of willingness, capacity and enough political support to change the status quo and avoid costly subsequent reversals.
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    Age and gender effects on time discounting in a large scale cash transfer programme

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Inter-temporal choice represents one of the most fascinating topics in economics. Understanding its determinants can provide vital in sight into decisions ranging from savings and financial investment to smoking, obesity and human capital accumulation.
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    Ageing in emerging markets: Emerging Markets Symposium

    The Emerging Markets Symposium, 2015
    The rise of emerging markets in the last half century has been associated with violent shifts in the tectonic plates of demography, economics and geography. There will be larger shifts in the next half century as emerging markets are transformed by the megatrends of globalisation, urbanisation, digitisation, climatisation, ideological conflict... and longevity.
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    Building resilience of SIDS through agricultural trade and agribusiness development

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2014
    Small islands face a greater risk of marginalisation due to the combined adverse consequences of their small size, remoteness from large markets and high economic vulnerability to economic and natural shocks beyond domestic control. This reader gives an overview of the main challenges and opportunities for agribusiness development in SIDS.
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    Political instability, uncertainty, democracy, and economic growth in Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper aims to determine if there is a relationship between political instability, uncertainty, and political regime, on the one hand, and economic growth in Egypt, on the other. According to the literature, there is a relationship between political regime and stability and economic performance.
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    Sectoral shifts, diversification, regional unemployment on the eve of revolution in Tunisia: a sequential spatial panel approach

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper investigates how sectoral shifts and industry specialisation patterns have influenced Tunisian labour market performance in the recent past years.
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    Promoting successful transitions to employment for Egyptian youth

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This Policy Perspective argues that active labor market policies, such as public employment schemes, wage subsidies, job search assistance, and skills training have not been effective in improving the quantity or quality of employment for youth in the Middle East and North Africa region and will likely not be very effective in the future.
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    Gender, enterprise ownership, and labor allocation in MENA: the roles of Islam, oil, and government policies

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper documents a relatively low share of women among small and medium enterprise (SME) owners in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This phenomenon appears to be related to the low female labour force participation (LFP) rates commonly observed in the region.
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    India's development cooperation with Ethiopia in sugar production: an assessment

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    Ethiopia is one of the few countries in Africa with whom India has enjoyed a long standing partnership in development cooperation. In 2006, India provided a US$ 640 million line of credit to Ethiopia for development of its sugar industry.
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    Fossil fuels are dead, long live fossil fuels: Botswana’s options for economic diversification

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Botswana is at a critical historical juncture. It has enjoyed a stable democracy since 1965 and strong, quality economic growth for the last few decades. However, the diamond revenues on which the country depends are likely to decline in the near future. Economic diversification is therefore a pressing policy concern.

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