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Press Release: Economic experts meet in Helsinki to discuss solutions to rising debt in developing countries
Debt Climate change Inequality Blog
Sales recovered faster from the pandemic than employment: Evidence from tax administrative and survey data in ZambiaLike most other countries, the government of Zambia introduced restrictions to control COVID-19, which considerably curtailed normal economic activity...
Competitiveness Debt FinanceWorking Paper
COVID-19: macroeconomic dimensions in the developing worldThe COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions...
Commodities COVID-19 DebtBook Chapter
The interaction of institutional quality and human capital in shaping the dynamics of capital structureFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Capital Structure Human capital Trade-off theoryBlog
From Africa rising to rising debt in Africa: The looming debt crisis
Africa’s rising public debt continues to attract increased attention regionally and internationally. The narrative about Africa seems to have gradually shifted from ‘Africa rising’ to ‘rising debt in Africa’...
Debt Debt crisis Development financeWorking Paper
The interaction of institutional quality and human capital in shaping the dynamics of capital structure in VietnamThe aim of this paper is to find which of two theories of capital structure—trade-off theory or pecking order theory—best explains the capital structure decision of non-state firms during the post-transition process in Vietnam...
Capital Structure Human capital Trade-off theoryJournal Article
Estimating the level and distribution of global wealth, 2000–2014Part of Journal Special Issue Inequality
Wealth Assets DebtLecture
The burden of external debt in developing countriesInvited Guest Lecturer, Imed Drine, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. Contact person: Tafor Prince Will, University of Jyväskylä...
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Personal assets from a global perspectiveTheme: 2004-05
The project aims to assemble data about the distribution and composition of personal assets in developing, transition, and developed countries and to study the implications of personal asset-holding for economic development. The most important asset...
Poverty Inequality and Well-being Personal wealth