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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 …

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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 …

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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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Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board : Executive Board Meeting

International Monetary Fund - 2016

This Work Program (WP) translates the policy priorities and strategic directions laid out in the Fall 2016 Global Policy Agenda (GPA) and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Communique into an Executive Board agenda for the next six-twelve months. The Managing Director's...

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Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board : Executive Board Meeting

International Monetary Fund - 2016

The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda (GPA) presented to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) in April called on member countries to reinforce their commitment to strong, sustainable, inclusive, job-rich, and more balanced global growth and to employ a three-pronged...

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Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board : Executive Board Meeting, June 3, 2015

International Monetary Fund - 2015

The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda (GPA) presented to the IMFC in April identified a range of actions needed to bolster today's actual and tomorrow's potential output, diminish risks, and confront emerging global challenges. These actions included calibrating fiscal adjustment to...

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Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board Executive Board Meeting

International Monetary Fund - 2017

This Work Program (WP) translates the strategic directions and policy priorities laid out in the Fall 2017 Global Policy Agenda (GPA) and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Communique into an Executive Board agenda for the next twelve months, with a focus on the next six...

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Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board : Executive Board Meeting

International Monetary Fund - 2017

This Work Program (WP) translates the policy priorities and strategic directions laid out in the Spring 2017 Global Policy Agenda (GPA) and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Communique into an Executive Board agenda for the next twelve months. The Managing Director's GPA,...

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Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board

International Monetary Fund - 2008

Our work on restructuring the IMF is now well advanced, but our work on refocusing the IMF is only beginning. Over the next few months I expect to see a shift of emphasis in our work away from our internal concerns such as the size and governance structure of the IMF and toward the actions the...

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Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board : Executive Board Meeting

International Monetary Fund - 2009

Against the backdrop of a global economic crisis, the IMFC has underscored the Fund's central role in responding to its membership's needs and restoring prosperity and financial stability. The Fund has acted with alacrity-by overhauling its lending framework; mobilizing strong support and firm...

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