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Revenue collection and social policies : their underestimated contribution to social cohesion
Burchi, Francesco; Strupat, Christoph; Schiller, Armin von - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - 2020
order to shed light on these interlinkages, it is useful to have a closer look at the concept of the "fiscal contract … proactively support, the fiscal contract, and (ii) level of involvement, that is, the share of the population that is involved as … revenue collection and social policies can have on the fiscal contract and beyond, and we call on donors and policy …
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Public charge in the time of coronavirus
Tepepa, Martha - 2020
The United States government recently passed legislation and stabilization packages to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free virus testing; expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits; and increasing Medicaid...
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Does Decentralization Facilitate Access to Poverty-Related Services? Evidence from Benin
Caldeira, Emilie - 2012
We study the effect of decentralization on the access to some poverty-related public services in Benin. Compiling panel data from local governments' accounts and from surveys on 18,000 Beninese households performed in 2006 and 2007, our study suggests that decentralization has a positive overall...
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Does Decentralization Facilitate Access to Poverty-Related Services? Evidence from Benin
Caldeira, Emilie - 2012
We study the effect of decentralization on the access to some poverty-related public services in Benin. Compiling panel data from local governments' accounts and from surveys on 18,000 Beninese households performed in 2006 and 2007, our study suggests that decentralization has a positive overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460541
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Sharper Axes, Lower Taxes - Big Steps to a Smaller State
Booth, Philip - 2011
The government's 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review was anything but comprehensive. The cuts to government spending were modest, and large swathes of state activity were barely touched. Britain will remain a heavily regulated, high-tax, high-spend economy. Instead of totally reviewing the...
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Sharper Axes, Lower Taxes : Big Steps to a Smaller State
Booth, Philip - 2021
Executive summary:Government spending is over 50 per cent of national income. Spending grew steadily in the twentieth century and then experienced very rapid growth from the beginning of the 21st century.Much government spending discourages economic activity and prevents innovation and...
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Challenges and prospects in the EU : quality of life and public services
Anderson, Robert; Dubois, Hans; Fernández Ortiz, Elena; … - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2019
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Assessment of services rendered by a public organization to the citizen : the perspective of security in peacetime
Piotrowska-Trybull, Marzena; Jabłońska-Wołoszyn, Maria - In: European research studies 23 (2020) 4, pp. 623-637
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Strengthening Public Revenue and Expenditure Management to Enhance Service Delivery
World Bank - 2014
To achieve higher growth and reduce poverty and inequality, Mexico needs to improve public service delivery. Mexico is a middle-income country with continuing high levels of poverty (46.2 percent of the population). To improve public sector service delivery, Mexico needs to ensure sufficient...
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Government revenue and child and maternal mortality
Hall, Stephen G.; Illian, Janine; Makuta, Innocent; … - In: Open economies review 32 (2021) 1, pp. 213-229
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