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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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Mining revenue, fiscal space and social policies : the case of Zambia
Aguirre Unceta, Rafaël - 2021
Mining resources have played an important role in the economy of Zambia. The country faces serious development challenges. This Working Paper investigates to which extent the mining of natural resources has facilitated public action regarding these challenges or whether, on the contrary, mining...
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Does social cohesion really promote reforms?
Andréasson, Hannes; Elert, Niklas; Karlson, Nils - 2013
This paper investigates whether social cohesion makes economic reforms more likely. First, we investigated whether social cohesion is a coherent concept by using a principal-component factor (PCF) analysis covering 16 indicators used to measure social cohesion in the previous literature for 40...
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Disentangling the relationship between social protection and social cohesion : introduction to the special issue
Burchi, Francesco; Loewe, Markus; Malerba, Daniele; … - In: The European journal of development research 34 (2022) 3, pp. 1195-1215
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Social protection and social cohesion in times of the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Kenya
Strupat, Christoph - In: The European journal of development research 34 (2022) 3, pp. 1320-1357
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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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Local financial autonomy as a prerequisite for improving the provision of public services and goods : the case of the Republic of Moldova
Secrieru, Angela - In: Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 8 (2022) 5, pp. 25-35
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Natural Resource Revenue Windfalls and Public Service Spending : A Causal Analysis of Indonesian Local Governments
van Krevel, Charan - 2023
Natural resource revenues contribute to sustainable development when they are reinvested sufficiently in public services, such as education, that offer long-term social returns. Cross-country evidence suggests that resource-rich countries fail at this, spending less on public services than...
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