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Energy subsidy reform : lessons and implications
Clements, Benedict J. (ed.); Coady, David P. (ed.) - 2013
"This volume provides the most comprehensive estimates of worldwide energy subsidies currently available, drawing on data from 176 countries in the areas of petroleum products, natural gas, coal, and electricity. It lays out an analysis of "how to do" energy subsidy reform, drawing on insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244221
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Energy Subsidy Reform : Lessons and Implications
International Monetary Fund - 2013
Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. While aimed at protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd-out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. Subsidies also distort resource allocation by encouraging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410519
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Case Studies on Energy Subsidy Reform-Lessons and Implications : Supplement
International Monetary Fund - 2013
This supplement presents country case studies reviewing energy subsidy reform experiences, which are the basis for the reform lessons identified in the main paper. The selection of countries for the case studies reflects the availability of data and of previously documented evidence on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410521
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Elasticity Optimism
International Monetary Fund - 2009
In most macroeconomic models, the substitutability between domestic and foreign goods is calibrated using aggregated data. This imposes homogeneous elasticities across goods, and the calibration is only valid under this assumption. If elasticities are heterogeneous, the aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402215
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Kenya : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on Kenya explains macroeconomic, structural, and social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406020
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Kenya : 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
International Monetary Fund - 2008
Kenya’s macroeconomic performance continued to improve until violence erupted in the aftermath of the general elections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402768
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Kenya : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 2009
Like most Sub-Saharan African countries, Kenya’s economic growth appears to have been primarily driven by factor … accumulation. The Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix for Kenya examines economic developments and policies. During the … last two decades, Kenya has been plagued by pervasive problems of internal conflicts, constitutional crises, and corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402955
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Kenya : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes: Fiscal Transparency Module
International Monetary Fund - 2008
In Kenya, the general government is not defined consistently with government finance statistics (GFS) principles … with overall fiscal management. External scrutiny of macroeconomic assumptions is encouraged. Kenya meets some of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403733
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Financial Policy Workshops : The Case of Kenya
International Monetary Fund - 1985
This book, written by the staff of the IMF Institute, offers a series of workshops on Kenya that are used as a case …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396513
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Kenya : Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Press Release
International Monetary Fund - 2012
This paper describes Kenya’s third review under the three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and … request for modification of performance criteria. The Executive Board approved a three-year ECF arrangement for Kenya on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396643