This paper examines the possibility of ascertaining the welfare changes that occur when a consumption tax replaces an equal-yield income tax. It finds that those with saving/income ratios greater than the social saving/income ratio under the income tax will surely benefit and those with ratios...

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012-Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting) presents initial efforts to define a measurement framework for integrating biophysical data, tracking changes in ecosystems and linking those changes to economic and...

Der Bericht des IMF über Tadschikistan gibt einen Überblick über die Wirtschaftsstruktur des Landes und beschreibt dann die jüngere Wirtschaftsentwicklung anhand der einzelnen volkswirtschaftlichen Aggregate. In einem weiteren Kapitel werden die Felder der Wirtschafts- und Reformpolitik...

Der Länderbericht des IMF über Turkmenistan beschreibt das wirtschaftliche Umfeld des Landes. In einzelnen Kapiteln wird auf die jüngere wirtschaftliche Entwicklung eingegangen, die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen für die Wirtschaftspolitik dargestellt und das Wirtschaftsreformprogramm...

Economic developments in Hungary during 1995-97 illustrate one of the most remarkable cases of macroeconomic adjustment in Europe over the last decade. Several momentous steps in the integration of the Hungarian economy with the rest of Europe and the industrial countries community took place....

This paper discusses the 59th issue of the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations of the IMF. The By-Laws are adopted under the authority of, and are intended to be complementary to, the Articles of Agreement of the IMF. The Rules and Regulations supplement the Articles of Agreement and the By-Laws...

This paper was originally prepared for a seminar of the Executive Board of the Fund. In the seminar, Executive Directors expressed a broad range of views with regard to both the adequacy of the Fund's approach to financial programming and the validity of the analysis presented in this paper