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"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...
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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...
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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...
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catching-up has been so much slower in Poland than in its regional peers, and whether this might hamper Poland's long … Poland. Section II.E concludes the chapter. …
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In March 1999, Poland implemented a systemic pension reform that involved the introduction of a multi-pillar pension … note on the pension sector was elaborated as part of the Poland Financial Sector Assessment Program, or FSAP update that …
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This paper reviews economic developments in Poland during 1995–96. The focus is on macroeconomic developments in the … the Polish tax system, the exchange and trade system, and poverty. It highlights that in 1996, Poland experienced its …
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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes fiscal costs associated with Poland’s accession to the … North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Union (EU). The paper highlights that Poland’s accession to the EU could … and restructuring in Poland …
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This Background Paper examines sources of net international reserve inflows for Poland. It shows that once estimate of … through which estimates of unrecorded trade can be obtained. It offers a complementary view of Poland’s inflation problem from …
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In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country
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This Selected Issues paper on Poland analyzes tax reform in the country. It highlights that in common with many … countries, Poland’s personal income tax is based on a definition of global personal income, though some income sources (such as … taxed under separate laws. The paper presents a medium-term perspective for capital flows to Poland. It highlights that …
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