In May 2013, the US Federal Reserve began to talk about the possibility of ending its
program of quantitative easing. This tapering talk had a significant impact on five main …

When analyzing terms-of-trade shocks, it is implicitly assumed that the economy responds
symmetrically to changes in export and import prices. Using a sample of developing …

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The paper investigates the dynamic relationship between external and internal shocks and
the current account in selected small islands developing states. External shocks, defined as …

This paper discusses the effects of recent energy price changes on developing countries. It
reviews the transmission channels between energy prices and growth and distribution in …

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 …

The growth experience of virtually all but the very rich countries is best explained as a
combination of high and low growth episodes. Therefore, there is a need to under-stand the …

Focusing on low‐income commodity‐dependent sub‐Saharan African countries, the paper
argues that the impact of the 2008–2009 crisis, and more generally, these countries' growth …

La crisis económica global interrumpe un período de seis años consecutivos de crecimiento
en América Latina y el Caribe, como no se observaba desde hacía décadas. Esta será, sin …

This paper analyzes the effects of exogenous shocks on long-term growth. Additionally, it
analyzes episodes of growth acceleration and reversal in 33 sub-Saharan Africa countries …