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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...
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Based on the economic literature, various policy measures and institutions in the product and labor markets that increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between Vertical Fiscal Imbalances (VFIs) and fiscal performance...
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-skilled workers and women. The IMF report highlights that social security contributions and payroll taxes amount to almost 50 percent … of gross monthly wages. It analyzes that a comparatively high share of Austria’s family benefits is monetary rather …
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Daring the Difference: The Three L's of Women's Empowerment. Speech delivered by IMF Managing Director Christine …
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empowerment of women (the third MDG) and the special problems of fragile states, where extreme poverty is increasingly … equality and the empowerment of women are central to the development agenda. This is because gender equality makes good …
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This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for the Kingdom of Lesotho presents a determined plan in pursuance of high and sustainable equity-based economic growth. It contains medium-term objectives and strategies to address the major challenges facing the country. These challenges include employment...
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Benin has been implementing a national poverty reduction strategy for sustainable human development. The government of Benin judiciously stressed the development of the social sector and improved governance to develop human resources and enhance the effectiveness of its actions so as to lay the...
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The Haitian authorities have launched a series of actions with the aim of executing the reforms, for which quantitative and qualitative performance criteria have been set and point to the achievement of noteworthy progress. The progress report on Haiti’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper...
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Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy provides a medium-term framework for achieving the country’s long-term development goals and aspirations as embodied in Rwanda Vision 2020, the seven-year Government of Rwanda programme, and the Millennium Development...
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This paper reports on the economic and financial reforms in Guinea-Bissau. After a long period of recession since the beginning of 2000 followed by a slight recovery in 2007, the economy of Guinea-Bissau has entered a new growth spurt in 2008. The budget deficit, which averaged 10 percent of GDP...
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