A macroeconomic framework for quantifying growth and poverty reduction strategies in Niger /

A macroeconomic framework for quantifying growth and poverty reduction strategies in Niger /

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Author / Creator:	Moreira, Emmanuel Pinto.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : World Bank, Africa Technical Families, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management 3, 2005.
Description:	73 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Policy research working paper ; 3506 Policy research working papers ; 3506.
Subject:	Economic assistance, Domestic -- Niger. Poverty -- Niger. Economic assistance, Domestic. Poverty. Niger.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5586175

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Other authors / contributors:	Bayraktar, Nihal. World Bank. Africa Technical Families. Poverty Reduction and Economic Management 3
Notes:	"February 2005." Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58). Also available on the World Wide Web.
Summary:	"The authors apply the dynamic macroeconomic framework developed by Agňor, Bayraktar, and El Aynaoui (2004) to Niger. As in the original model, linkages between foreign aid, public investment (disaggregated into education, infrastructure, and health), and growth are explicitly captured. Although the nominal exchange rate is fixed, the relative price of domestic goods is endogenous, thereby allowing for potential Dutch disease effects associated with increases in aid. The authors assess the impact of policy shocks on poverty by using partial growth elasticities. They perform various policy experiments, including an increase in the level of foreign aid, a reallocation of public investment toward infrastructure, and neutral and non-neutral cuts in tariffs. The simulations show the dynamic tradeoffs that these policies entail with respect to growth and poverty reduction in Niger. This paper--a product of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management 3, Africa Technical Families--is part of a larger effort in the region to formulate country-specific growth strategies"--World Bank web site.

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Item Description:	"February 2005."
Physical Description:	73 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58).