poor country
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandcountry
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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country
noun
uk/ˈkʌn.tri/us/ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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(Definition ofpoorandcountryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The penalty for default is that thepoorcountryloses access to foreign investment and aid.
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This is a problem in apoorcountrywith seven official local languages.
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In these papers, the frame of reference for inappropriateness is thepoorcountry; in ours it is the rich country.
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Thepoorcountrytherefore gains in welfare relative to the rich.
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The inability of thepoorcountryto commit to honor investment agreements has an adverse impact on both.
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Our analysis indicates that bilateral aid promotes foreign investment and unambiguously improves the welfare of thepoorcountry.
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We modify our model to allow the rich country to provide technical assistance to thepoorcountry.
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For thepoorcountry, the increase in the price of its import good during transition tempers welfare gains.
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Without specialization, there is only a factor reallocation effect, and it is thepoorcountrythat desires its technology improvement more.
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A low-freedom,poorcountrycan reduce its pollution at least as much by increasing its freedoms as it can by increasing its income per head.
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It also ensures the empirically plausible outcome of the rich country consuming more of good 2 than thepoorcountry. 14.
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In addition, the rich country can provide aid to thepoorcountry.
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Finally, recall that foreign aid unambiguously improves the welfare of thepoorcountry.
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For example, apoorcountrywith an underdeveloped transportation infrastructure is not well-positioned to absorb an automobile-based innovation.
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A global planner who maximizes a weighted sum of the welfare of both countries would also invest more than thepoorcountrywould.
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In contrast, when enforcement is perfect, r is sufficient to determine capital flows, and thepoorcountry receives the unconstrained optimal level of investment.
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On top of this, everypoorcountryneeds some exports so that it can pay for imports.
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If thepoorcountrydefaults on a loan, it loses access to foreign capital and aid.
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