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A supply-side look at tax incentives : definition, design, and selection criteria of efficient tax incentives
Sanchez-Ugarte, Fernando (contributor);  … - 1985
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003248497
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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
governments in low income countries' (LICs). The first tool (an application of cost-benefit analysis) provides an overarching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644783
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Options for Low Income Countries Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : A Report to the G-20 Development Working Group by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank
International Monetary Fund - 2015
low-income countries. Tax incentives generally rank low in investment climate surveys in low-income countries, and there … Development Working Group for an exploration of options for low-income countries' effective and efficient use of tax incentives … to assist low-income countries (LICs) in reviewing and reforming their tax incentives, so as to better align them with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644784
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Tax Credits for Debt Reduction : A Proposal
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The incentives for domestic investment in debtor countries are influenced by the terms of their external obligations and by the system of taxation utilized to provide government revenue for debt payments. It is well known that existing debt contracts could be altered to improve the incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396221
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Tax Incentives and International Capital Flows : The Case of the United States and Japan
International Monetary Fund - 1989
national and global welfare. Focusing on portfolio investment, it evaluates the international effects of capital income taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396441
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Some Microeconomics of Fiscal Deficit Reductions : The Case of Tax Expenditures
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper considers the merits of reducing or eliminating some specific tax expenditure measures currently in force in the United States with a view to reducing the federal fiscal deficit. The paper starts from the observation that savings decisions in the United States are distorted and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396455
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Kingdom of the Netherlands : Netherlands: Selected Issues-The Labor Income Tax Credit in an International Perspective
International Monetary Fund - 2001
Compared with its U.S. and U.K. counterparts, the Labor Tax Credit (LTC) is likely to have more limited effects on incentives for primary-earners to enter the labor force, because of the smaller size of the credit. Any significant increase in the LTC to strengthen its effect on the still large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407669
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The Fund's Income Position for FY 2013-Actual Outcome
International Monetary Fund - 2013
This paper reports the Fund's income position for FY 2013 following the closing of the Fund's accounts for the … financial year and completion of the external audit. FY 2013 net income, including income from surcharges, amounted to SDR 2 … of currencies has been made from the GRA to the investment account. The placement of the net income to the Fund …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410435
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Burkina Faso; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) prepared by the Burkinabè government forms the principal benchmark for all development actors, and reaffirms the urgency of attacking poverty from a structural perspective. It is the primary tool for coordination of all interventions and of public aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244817
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Cameroon; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The growth rate of agriculture in Cameroon was estimated at 3.3 percent in 2006, compared with 2.7 percent in 2005. This is owing to increased activity in the food agriculture sector (4.3 percent) and in forestry and logging (4.0 percent). Livestock farming and fisheries, on the one hand, grew...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245018