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This paper reviews public choice theories of interest groups.
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— the evaluative framework used for assessing reform proposals and the development of implementation strategies to give … involve explicit consideration of the likely benefits, costs and distributional effects of reform proposals, not just for …
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The paper presents a non-technical summary of the current state of debate on the measurement and implications of global inequality (inequality between citizens of the world). It discusses the relationship between globalization and global inequality. It shows why global inequality matters and...
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a cause célèbre for aid activists and has been accepted in many official quarters as the legitimate target for aid … an aid goal of just 0.01% of rich-country GDP for the poorest countries and negative aid flows to the developing world as … a whole. We do not claim in any way that this is the 'right' amount of aid, but only that this exercise lays bare the …
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Further to investigation of how Malawi accumulated external debts amounting to $2.7 billion, without a corresponding growth in the economy, exports capability or poverty reduction this paper much of the borrowing contracted during 1973-82 was consumed by balance of payments deficits caused by...
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Review of 'The End of Poverty' by Jeffrey Sachs
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concessionality. However, preponderance of exogenous factors that constrained export performance, lack of sustained economic reform …
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In this paper we discuss monetary and fiscal policy issues facing heavily-indebted poor countries (HIPCs) who receive debt reduction via the enhanced HIPC initiative. This debt relief program is distinguished from previous ones by its conditionality: freed resources must be used for poverty...
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Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of aid often concentrate on short-run Dutch disease effects, ignoring … the possible supply side impact of aid—financed public expenditure. We develop a simple model of aid and public … a step increase in net aid flows. Our simulations show that beyond the short-run, where Dutch disease effects are …
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We study the effects of unequal representation in the interest-group system on the degree of information transmission between a lobbyist and a policymaker. Employing a dynamic cheap-talk model in which the lobbyist cares instrumentally about his reputation for truthtelling, we show that the...
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