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No. 16/08
The Economic Impact of Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
Björn Rother, Gaëlle Pierre, Davide Lombardo, Risto Herrala, Priscilla Toffano, Erik Roos, Greg Auclair, and Karina Manasseh
No. 16/09
Macroeconomic Management When Policy Space Is Constrained: A Comprehensive, Consistent, and Coordinated Approach to Economic Policy
Vitor Gaspar, Maurice Obstfeld, and Ratna Sahay
Other authors: Douglas Laxton (Team Leader), Dennis Botman, Kevin Clinton, Romain Duval, Kotaro Ishi, Zoltan Jakab, Laura Jaramillo Mayor, Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, Tommaso Mancini Griffoli, Joannes Mongardini, Susanna Mursula, Erlend Nier, Yulia Ustyugova, Hou Wang, and Oliver Wuensch

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