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Thailand : The Road to Sustained Growth »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Erik Offerdal , Kalpana Kochhar , Louis Dicks-Mireaux , Jianping Zhou , Mauro Mecagni , and Balázs Horváth
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 December 1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756039.084
ISBN: 9781557756039
Keywords: private investment, wages, wage, fiscal policy, adjustment period
Since the mid-1960s, Thailand's growth performance has been exceptional. Although hard hit by the external shocks fo the late 1970s and the early 1980s that proved severely destabilizing to many developing countrie...
Reinvigorating Growth in Developing Countries : Lessons from Adjustment Policies in Eight Economies »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Kalpana Kochhar , Erik Offerdal , Louis Dicks-Mireaux , Mauro Mecagni , Jianping Zhou , Balázs Horváth , David Goldsbrough , and Sharmini Coorey
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 August 1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557755599.084
ISBN: 9781557755599
Keywords: inflation, terms of trade, private investment, external financing, wages
This study examines the links between adjustment policies and growth in a small group of developing countries- Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, India, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, and Thailand - during 1970 -93. It provides...
Corruption and the Rate of Temptation »
Source: Corruption and the Rate of Temptation : Do Low Wages in the Civil Service Cause Corruption?
Volume/Issue: 1997/73
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1997
ISBN: 9781451849424
Keywords: wage, wages, civil service, civil servants, civil service wages
This paper develops and tests two efficiency wage models of corruption in the civil service. Under fair wage models, civil service wages are an important determinant of corruption. Under shirking models, the level...
Workers Need Open Markets and Active Governments »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952193
Keywords: wages, wage, labor market, minimum wages, minimum wage
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Wages, Inequality, and International Integration »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952193
Keywords: wages, wage, labor market, minimum wages, minimum wage
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The Outlook for Workers in the 21st Century »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952193
Keywords: wages, wage, labor market, minimum wages, minimum wage
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Unemployment in Spain: Causes and Remedies »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952193
Keywords: wages, wage, labor market, minimum wages, minimum wage
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Do Self-Employment Programs Work? »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952193
Keywords: wages, wage, labor market, minimum wages, minimum wage
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Corporate Governance in Transition Economies »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952193
Keywords: wages, wage, labor market, minimum wages, minimum wage
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Banking Reform in Transition Economies »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952193
Keywords: wages, wage, labor market, minimum wages, minimum wage
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