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IMF Working Papers
2008
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

The growth literature has had problems explaining the "sub-Saharan African growth dummy" in cross-country regressions. Instead of taking the usual approach of focusing on long-run growth and assuming that sub-Saharan countries have homogenous parameters in growth regressions, we concentrate our analysis on episodes of growth turnarounds (identifying growth accelera...

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IMF Working Papers
2008
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

The growth literature has had problems explaining the "sub-Saharan African growth dummy" in cross-country regressions. Instead of taking the usual approach of focusing on long-run growth and assuming that sub-Saharan countries have homogenous parameters in growth regressions, we concentrate our analysis on episodes of growth turnarounds (identifying growth accelera...

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IMF Working Papers
2008
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

The growth literature has had problems explaining the "sub-Saharan African growth dummy" in cross-country regressions. Instead of taking the usual approach of focusing on long-run growth and assuming that sub-Saharan countries have homogenous parameters in growth regressions, we concentrate our analysis on episodes of growth turnarounds (identifying growth accelera...

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Washington, DC
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Washington, DC
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IMF Staff Country Reports
2007
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

The First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility of the Republic of Moldova analyzes macroeconomic and structural policy measures to support the adjustment and promote growth. Moldova is facing serious external shocks that will have long-lasting effects. All quantitative performance criteria and indicative targets we...

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IMF Staff Country Reports
2007
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

The First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility of the Republic of Moldova analyzes macroeconomic and structural policy measures to support the adjustment and promote growth. Moldova is facing serious external shocks that will have long-lasting effects. All quantitative performance criteria and indicative targets we...

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IMF Staff Country Reports
2007
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

The First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility of the Republic of Moldova analyzes macroeconomic and structural policy measures to support the adjustment and promote growth. Moldova is facing serious external shocks that will have long-lasting effects. All quantitative performance criteria and indicative targets we...

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IMF Staff Country Reports
2007
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

The First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility of the Republic of Moldova analyzes macroeconomic and structural policy measures to support the adjustment and promote growth. Moldova is facing serious external shocks that will have long-lasting effects. All quantitative performance criteria and indicative targets we...

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IMF Staff Country Reports
2004
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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IMF Working Papers
2008
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

We identify structural breaks in economic growth in 140 countries and use these to define "growth spells:" periods of high growth preceded by an upbreak and ending either with a downbreak or with the end of the sample. Growth spells tend to be shorter in African and Latin American countries than elsewhere. We find that growth duration is positively related to: the ...

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