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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) : Labor Market Reforms to Boost Employment and Productivity in the GCC
International Monetary Fund - 2013
-sector employment and have helped raise standards of living. However, the growth model has involved costs: the public-sector wage bill … is relatively high, there is limited employment of nationals in the private sector, labor productivity has declined or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410425
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Selected Euro-Area Countries : Rules-Based Fiscal Policy and Job-Rich Growth in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain-Report with Supplementary Information
International Monetary Fund - 2001
Fiscal deficits and the public debt has grown throughout much of the postwar period in most industrialized countries under the pressure of rising public expenditure, a trend that has begun to reverse after 1992. A number of studies argue that fiscal consolidation in association with expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407227
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Fiscal Policy and Employment in Advanced and Emerging Economies
International Monetary Fund - 2012
This paper discusses tax and expenditure policy reforms to raise employment. Using data for 58 advanced and emerging …. The focus is on incentives to increase labor demand and supply rather than on the impact of fiscal policy on employment … principles which should guide the design of country-specific fiscal reforms to boost employment. A comprehensive set of tables on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410536
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Opening and liberalization of markets in Africa - a response to globalization? : A policy dialogue ; Berlin, 1 - 3 December, 1998 ; summary report
Harris, Elliott (contributor) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001351565
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The Quality of Governance : Second-Generation Civil Service Reform in Africa
International Monetary Fund - 1998
proposed set of “second-generation” reforms for Africa. In the post-colonial era the quality of governance has seriously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401612
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Selected African Countries : IMF Technical Assistance Evaluation: Public Expenditure Management Reform
International Monetary Fund - 2006
This report focuses on IMF Technical Assistance Evaluation—Public Expenditure Management (PEM) Reform in Selected African Countries. Most of the countries examined were colonies of the United Kingdom, inheriting similar and relatively simple budget systems based on an interpretation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405081
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The Macroeconomics of Managing Increased Aid Inflows : Experiences of Low-Income Countries and Policy Implications
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Investigates the macroeconomic challenges for low-income countries created by a surge in aid inflows. It develops an analytical framework for examining possible policy responses to increased aid, and then applies this framework to the experience of five relatively well-governed countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409798
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Seychelles : Assessment Letter for the African Development Bank
International Monetary Fund - 2009
Macroeconomic performance of Seychelles under the Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) has been favorable and the reforms continue to be pursued with a high degree of ownership and broad public support. The liberalization of the exchange regime, a strong fiscal adjustment, and prudent monetary policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409981
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The Balance of Payments Impact of the Food and Fuel Price Shocks on Low-Income African Countries : A Country-by-Country Assessment
International Monetary Fund - 2008
-Saharan Africa. The response by bilateral donors and multilateral institutions will, in practice, need to be country-specific. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410007
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Evaluation of the U.K. DFID-Financed Technical Assistance GDDS Project for Selected Anglophone African Countries (2001-06)
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This review of Phase I of the technical assistance (TA) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) project (2001-2006) for 15 Anglophone African countries1-funded by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) and executed jointly by the Fund and the World Bank-(henceforth, referred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410170