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Namibia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

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This Selected Issues paper analyzes unemployment and education in Namibia. Using the Afrobarometer Project survey data, the paper develops some stylized facts about the Namibian labor market, focusing on the link between education, earnings, and unemployment. The paper finds that unemployment probabilities depend on the level of education. The paper also describes the main features of poverty in Namibia and assesses the appropriateness of current as well as potential policies to alleviate poverty and reduce income inequality over time.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 2006. "Namibia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix," IMF Staff Country Reports 2006/153, International Monetary Fund.
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    3. Wright, Gemma & Noble, Michael & Barnes, Helen, 2014. "NAMOD: a Namibian tax-benefit microsimulation model," EUROMOD Working Papers EM7/14, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    4. Mr. Tamon Asonuma & Mr. Xavier Debrun & Mr. Paul R Masson, 2012. "Welfare Effects of Monetary Integration: The Common Monetary Area and Beyond," IMF Working Papers 2012/136, International Monetary Fund.
    5. Gemma Wright & Michael Noble & Helen Barnes & David McLennan & Michell Mpike, 2016. "Updating NAMOD: A Namibian tax-benefit microsimulation model," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-143, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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