Publications By Author

Title: Overcoming Data Sparsity: A Machine Learning Approach to Track the Real-Time Impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Barhoumi, Karim ; Mo Choi, Seung ; Iyer, Tara ; Li, Jiakun ; Ouattara, Franck ; Tiffin, Andrew ; Yao, Jiaxiong

Series: Working Paper No. 2022/088

Date: May 6, 2022

Subject: COVID-19 Economic forecasting Foreign exchange Health Machine learning Oil prices Prices Real effective exchange rates Technology

Title: Public Investment Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Author: Barhoumi, Karim ; Ha Vu ; Shirin Nikaein Towfighian ; Maino, Rodolfo

Series: Departmental Paper No. 2018/008

Date: July 6, 2018

Subject: Capital spending Expenditure Infrastructure National accounts Public financial management (PFM) Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) Public investment spending

Title: Stochastic Trends, Debt Sustainability and Fiscal Policy

Author: Barhoumi, Karim ; Cherif, Reda ; Rebei, Nooman

Series: Working Paper No. 2016/059

Date: March 10, 2016

Subject: Debt sustainability Expenditure External debt Fiscal policy National accounts Personal income Public debt

Title: Make Investment Scaling-Up Work in Benin: A Macro-Fiscal Analysis

Author: Barhoumi, Karim ; Cui, Q Larry ; Dieterich, Christine ; End, Nicolas ; Ghilardi, Matteo ; Raabe, Alexander ; Sola, Sergio

Series: Departmental Paper No. 2016/001

Date: January 15, 2016

Notes: Also available in French

Subject: Expenditure Public debt Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Public investment spending Revenue administration

Title: A World Trade Leading Index (WTLI)

Author: Barhoumi, Karim ; Ferrara, Laurent

Series: Working Paper No. 2015/020

Date: January 26, 2015

Subject: Business cycles Cyclical indicators Economic growth