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Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending

International Monetary Fund - 2003

The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The political economy literature suggests that redistributive spending is higher in...

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Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows

International Monetary Fund - 2007

Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …

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Do Government Wage Cuts Close Budget Deficits? : A Conceptual Framework for Developing Countries and Transition Economies

International Monetary Fund - 1996

Real wage declines have been common in the public sector in many countries over substantial periods of time. In several cases, such wage reductions have coincided with a decline in the efficiency of the public sector. In a simple analytical framework, it is shown that higher wage levels alter...

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Lithuania; Recent Economic Developments

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996

This paper reviews economic developments in Lithuania during 1993â€“96. Economic growth resumed in 1994 and gained further momentum in 1995; real GDP increased by an estimated 3 percent in 1995. Growth in 1995 was driven by the industrial sector, while agriculture performed poorly. The...

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Economic policies for a new South Africa

Lachman, Desmond (ed.); Ballali, Daudi (contributor) - International Monetary Fund - 1992

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Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative : List of Ring-Fenced Countries that Meet the Income and Indebtedness Criteria at end-2004

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This paper identifies the countries that meet the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative's income and indebtedness eligibility criteria based on end-2004 data. It also updates the status of these countries toward qualifying for debt relief and presents cost estimates of debt...

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Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality

International Monetary Fund - 2014

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Fund-Supported Programs, Fiscal Policy, and Income Distribution

International Monetary Fund - 1986

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Impact of Macroeconomic Policieson Income Distribution : An Empirical Study

International Monetary Fund - 1988

There has been a growing awareness of the income distribution dimension of macroeconomic policies. This paper presents a framework for studying this issue empirically, and considers the case of the Philippines using data available from integrated surveys of households. After developing and...

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Albania : Income Distribution, Poverty, and Social Safety Nets in the Transition, 1991-1993

International Monetary Fund - 1994

This paper examines developments in Albania’s income distribution and poverty during the transition to a market-oriented economy. It pays particular attention to the impact of price liberalization on the agricultural terms of trade and production, the decline in state enterprise employment,...

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