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Bolivia; Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteriaâ€”Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This paper discusses Boliviaâ€™s Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria (PC). Economic activity in Bolivia is picking up, led by exports. Real GDP growth is projected to reach 3.8 percent in 2004. Inflation has...

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Optimal Taxation in the Forestry Sector in the Congo Basin; The Case of Gabon

Melhado, Oscar E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper reviews forestry reform in the Congo basin, focusing on Gabon. It argues that the key challenge for the Congo basin countries is to manage their forests in a sustainable manner. It presents the current situation of forestry taxation and forestry reform in Gabon. The paper analyzes...

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What Drives the Global Land Rush?

Selod, Harris; Deininger, Klaus W.; Arezki, Rabah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as...

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Economic and Environmental Benefits of Eliminating Log Export Bans; The Case of Costa Rica

Kishor, Nalin M.; Mani, Muthukumara; Constantino, Luis F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

An increasing number of tropical timber producing nations have enacted bans on export of logs. Proponents argue that a log export ban is a second-best policy tool for addressing environmental externalities; it also creates more jobs and improves scale efficiencies domestically. Theoretical...

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The Complier Pays Principle; The Limits of Fiscal Approaches toward Sustainable Forest Management

Leruth, Luc E.; Paris, R.; Ruzicka, I. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper examines the role and impact of taxation on sustainable forest management. It is shown that fiscal … instruments neither reinforce nor substitute for traditional regulatory approaches. Far from encouraging more sustainable forest … root of the Faustmann solution to draw conclusions on the incentives for sustainable tropical forest exploitation. The …

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Forestry Taxation in Africa; The Case of Liberia

Thomas, Saji; Schwidrowski, Arnim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

determine the price of extraction rights. However, a number of factors-including a lack of information on the forest resources …

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