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    Inflation experiences in Latin America, 2007-2008

    Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2009
    From April 2007 to July 2008, there was a surge in non-core (food and energy) prices worldwide. These prices have since dropped considerably. Monetary and exchange rate policy that does not take into account that the food and energy price shocks might be temporary may have therefore unnecessarily slowed growth.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    Do cash transfers enable the very poor to save?

    Oxford Policy Management, 2008
    Experiences from around show that building poor people’s capacities to accumulate assets for the long term is central to poverty reduction. In this process, household savings play a particularly significant role. Contrary to what one might assume, evidence increasingly points to the fact that poor people are able to and do save.
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    A global realignment by 2020: U.S. decline, emerging economies rise

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    Following the projection up until 2015 which predicted a falling dollar and a US recession in an earlier paper, this current document builds on that and projects outcomes for 2020 and assumes a sizable yearly U.S. fiscal stimulus for 2008-2011.
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    When more is less: the limited impact of foreign investment in the Americas

    Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2008
    According to a report by the Working Group on Development and Environment in the Americas the impact of foreign investment liberalisation in Latin America shows that, with some exceptions, foreign investment has fallen far short of stimulating broad-based economic growth and environmental protection in the region.
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    Extending financial services with banking agents

    Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2008
    To reach remote municipalities, banks in Brazil use local agents such as vendors, lottery outlets and post offices to manage their operations at the village level. This has several advantages: lower set-up and running costs
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    Cutting edge: how community forest enterprises lead the way on poverty reduction and avoided deforestation

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    Forests are not just crucial for keeping the global environment stable; they are also a lifeline for hundreds of millions of the world's poor. This paper presents community forest enterprise as a possible solution, which combines both avoided deforestation (the concept of richer nations paying poorer ones to halt planned logging) and poverty reduction.
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    Forecasting bonds yields in the Brazilian fixed income market

    Banco Central do Brasil, 2007
    This paper assesses the ability of different models to forecast the yield curve in the Brazilian fixed income market. Affine term structure models have become the main tool to explain stylised facts and price fixed income derivatives. The authors compare such affine term structure models with a variation of the Nelson-Siegel exponential framework developed by Diebold and Li (2006).
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    Budget monitoring and policy influence: lessons from civil society budget analysis and advocacy initiatives

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    This study examines the issues of budget accountability and budget policies. Within budget acountability it looks at budget groups’ impact on levels of budget transparency, public literacy and awareness of budget issues, and public engagement with budget processes. Budget policy includes for example investigation into the improvements in budget systems and shifts in allocations.
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    The impact of relative prices on welfare and inequality in Brazil 1995-2005

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This paper analyses the impact of relative prices on the evolution of welfare and inequality in Brazil from 1995 to 2005. The authors argue that:

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