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dc.contributor.author | Weeks, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-04T00:09:12Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-10-04T00:09:12Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15822 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Most recent statistics indicate that the global financial crisis will cause a fall in export earnings in Sierra Leone of approximately fifteen percent in 2009 compared to 2008. A regression-based model estimates that this decline in exports earnings could result in a fall in national income of almost ten percent. Based on the income distribution in the 2003 household survey, a ten percent decline in national income would increase poverty by twelve percent of the population, or about 600,000 people. A fiscal stimulus of two percent of GDP could stabilise the economy at the level of 2008, preventing this disastrous increase in poverty. A stimulus package consisting of employment intensive public works programmes could be designed to return the economy to its pre-shock level with a reduction in poverty. (...) | en |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on The Economy of Sierra Leone | en |
dc.type | Research Report | |
dc.rights.holder | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth | |
dc.rights.holder | United Nations Development Programme | |
dc.location.country | Brasil | |
dc.description.physical | 35 p. : il. | |
dc.rights.type | Licença total exclusiva | |
dc.rights.license | O texto e dados desta publicação podem ser reproduzidos desde que as fontes sejam citadas. Reproduções com fins comerciais são proibidas. | |
dc.subject.keyword | The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on The Economy of Sierra Leone | |
ipea.access.type | Acesso Aberto | |
ipea.researchfields | N/A | |
ipea.classification | Economia. Desenvolvimento Econômico | |
ipea.classification | Direito. Legislação | |
ipea.classification | Sociedade. Participação Social. Controle Social | |
Appears in Collections: | Publicações do IPC-IG |
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