Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Kenya, Country Economic Memorandum
Author: Uganda, Country Economic Memorandum
Author: Mark BairdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This report is based on the findings of an economic mission which visited Uganda in August 1981. The first chapter of Part I briefly reviews events prior to liberation in April 1979, events which continue to have a major impact on the Ugandan economy. A discussion of developments since liberation, including the new financial program, is provided in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 outlines the priority areas for further action, and the implications of the balance of payments outlook for aid requirements. Part II is a more detailed review of the problems and issues in five major sectors: agriculture, industry, transport, energy, and education. The coverage of this report is by no means comprehensive, due in part to the incomplete and unreliable data base as well as the World Bank's limited contact with the country over the past decade. Nervertheless, the report tries to identify the major issues facing the country at this time, and outline some of the key components of an effective rehabilitation program.
Kenya
Author: International Monetary FundPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451821034
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
This paper reviews economic developments in Kenya during 1990–95. Real GDP growth decelerated from 4.3 percent in 1990 to close to zero in 1992/93. Inflation accelerated from 12 percent in the 12-month period ended December 1989 to 34 percent in March 1993. The central government’s budget deficit increased from 6.7 percent in 1989/90 to 11.4 percent of GDP in 1992/93. Broad money growth (M2) accelerated from 21 percent in the 12-month period ended December 1991 to 36 percent in March 1993.
Morocco 2040: Emerging by Investing in Intangible Capital
Author: Somalia, Country Economic Memorandum
Author: Yes, Africa Can
Author: Punam Chuhan-PolePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821387456
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Takes an in-depth look at twenty-six economic and social development successes in Sub-Saharan African countries, and addresses how these countries have overcome major developmental challenges.
Doing Business 2020
Author: World BankPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464814414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Seventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.
Global Economic Prospects, June 2021
Author: World BankPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464816662
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The world economy is experiencing a very strong but uneven recovery, with many emerging market and developing economies facing obstacles to vaccination. The global outlook remains uncertain, with major risks around the path of the pandemic and the possibility of financial stress amid large debt loads. Policy makers face a difficult balancing act as they seek to nurture the recovery while safeguarding price stability and fiscal sustainability. A comprehensive set of policies will be required to promote a strong recovery that mitigates inequality and enhances environmental sustainability, ultimately putting economies on a path of green, resilient, and inclusive development. Prominent among the necessary policies are efforts to lower trade costs so that trade can once again become a robust engine of growth. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Global Economic Prospects. The Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing economies, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). Each edition includes analytical pieces on topical policy challenges faced by these economies.
The Elusive Quest for Growth
Author: William R. EasterlyPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262260654
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed. Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of reforms. None of these solutions has delivered as promised. The problem is not the failure of economics, William Easterly argues, but the failure to apply economic principles to practical policy work. In this book Easterly shows how these solutions all violate the basic principle of economics, that people—private individuals and businesses, government officials, even aid donors—respond to incentives. Easterly first discusses the importance of growth. He then analyzes the development solutions that have failed. Finally, he suggests alternative approaches to the problem. Written in an accessible, at times irreverent, style, Easterly's book combines modern growth theory with anecdotes from his fieldwork for the World Bank.
Imports and Growth in Africa
Author: Ramon Eugenio LopezPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Faster economic growth in Africa involves a recovery in the growth of imports -- and greater efficiency in their use.