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Equilibrium in a Non-Interest Open Economy
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper analyzes an economy in which there are no interest-bearing assets, only equity shares. Equilibrium conditions are derived for the case of a closed economy, an open economy with trade in goods only, and finally one with trade in both goods and equity shares. It is shown that the rate...
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Options for Low Income Countries' Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : Tools for the Assessment of Tax Incentives
International Monetary Fund - 2015
This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by … framework for assessment. Evaluations of the various costs and benefits of tax incentives are vital for informed decision making … light on the implications of tax parameters - including targeted tax incentives - on investment returns and help understand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644783
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Externalities. Incentives, and Economic Reforms
International Monetary Fund - 1990
The paper emphasizes the role of institutions and incentives in the presence of externalities. An economy with multiple … effective institutions exist for overcoming coordination failure. External financing may weaken incentives for adjustment over … that strengthen incentives to provide effort. Uncertainty regarding future taxes reduces present effort and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396155
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Debt Relief and Adjustment Incentives : A Theoretical Exploration
International Monetary Fund - 1988
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the argument that debt relief would increase the incentive of a debtor country to make an adjustment effort (to invest) and that for this reason creditors may benefit by granting relief. It is shown that there are actually opposing incentive effects of...
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Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth in developing countries
Bléjer, Mario I. (ed.) - International Monetary Fund - 1989
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Global Monitoring Report 2004 : Policies and Actions for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Related Outcomes
International Monetary Fund - 2013
The turn of the century was marked by some significant and promising events for world development. The Millennium Declaration - signed by 189 countries in September 2000 - led to the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals, which set clear targets for eradicating poverty and other sources...
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Global Monitoring Report 2009 : A Development Emergency
International Monetary Fund - 2012
The global financial crisis, the most severe since the great depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. The financial crisis originated in the developed world, but it has spread quickly and inexorably to the developing world, sparing no country. Increasingly it appears...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561186
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Aid for Trade-Harnessing Globalization for Economic Development
International Monetary Fund - 2007
, improving incentives for private investment in trade, and reducing the costs and improving the quality of services. Market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409848
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Emerging from the Global Crisis : Macroeconomic Challenges Facing Low-Income Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2010
While the impact of the global crisis has been severe, real per capita GDP growth stayed positive in two-thirds of low-income countries (LICs), unlike in previous global downturns, and in contrast to richer countries. The crisis affected LICs not so much through the terms of trade or global...
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