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Unsustainable Debt Burden and Poverty in PakistanThe financing of Pakistan’s substantial current account deficits within the framework of IMF and the World Bank structural adjustment programmes—about 6 per cent of GDP in the early 1990s led to a debt crisis in the late 1990s. IMF considered this...
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The J-curve is a Gamma-curveA one-good, representative consumer model of the pre-reform consumer sector of transition economies is developed. An equation is derived that permits empirical estimation of the welfare effect of price liberalization. Empirical estimates are...
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The Evolution of Vietnamese IndustryThe transfer from an import-substitution to an export-orientation strategy has been in effect in Vietnam since the reform process, Doi Moi, necessitating the reformulation of macroeconomic, trading and sectoral policies. As a result, the industry...
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The Dynamics of Land Titling Regularization and Market DevelopmentWe study the effects of titles on parcel valuation and urban land market development (real estate transfers, rentals, and mortgages), and the dynamics of deregularization by exploiting a natural experiment in the allocation of land titles to very...
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Petrol price regulation in South AfricaThe South African liquid fuels industry is a significant part of the economy. Historically, government policy focused on import substitution industrialization to support industry margins. This approach is called into question by the 2006 shift from...
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Managing Capital Surges in Emerging EconomiesPart of Book Short-Term Capital Flows and Economic Crises
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Financial Liberalization in VietnamPart of Book Linking the Formal and Informal Economy
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Institutional Cultures and Regulatory Relationships in a Liberalizing Health Care SystemPart of Book Group Behaviour and Development
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