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Oil Rents, Corruption, and State Stability; Evidence From Panel Data Regressions
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
We examine the effects of oil rents on corruption and state stability exploiting the exogenous within-country variation … increase in oil rents significantly increases corruption, significantly deteriorates political rights while at the same time … redistribution and conflict. We support our argument documenting that there is a significant effect of oil rents on corruption in …
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Italy; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights Italy’s assesses measures undertaken to revive economic growth. Italy is …
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Is Policy Ownership An Operational Concept?
Boughton, James M.; Mourmouras, Alex - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
IMF lending is generally conditional on specified policies and outcomes. These conditions usually are negotiated compromises between policies initially favored by the Fund and by the country's authorities. In some cases the authorities might be satisfied enough with the outcome to take...
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Are Laws Needed for Public Management Reforms; An International Comparison?
Lienert, Ian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
There has been widespread adoption of new laws to support new public management. In many countries that have implemented comprehensive and deep reforms, new or amended laws have fundamentally changed the role of the state and the budget processes supporting it. Paradoxically, far-reaching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769157
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Trade, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Institutions
Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ão, Quı Toàn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
We analyze the relationship between international trade and the quality of economic institutions, such as contract enforcement, rule of law, and property rights. In our model, firms differ in their preferences for institutional quality, which is determined endogenously in a political economy...
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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper argues that making affordable home mortgage loans available to a large cross section of the population will serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing and mortgage markets in selected Middle East and North...
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Bhutan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Bhutan has evolved from a closed economy to a trading nation that exhibits a high degree of dependence on trade. Exports have grown rapidly but overall the country’s trade deficit continues to widen owing to an even faster growth in the value of imports. The manufacturing and industry...
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Rwanda; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
for pro-poor growth by building on low incidence of corruption and a regional comparative advantage in soft infrastructure. …
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Social Capital and Civil Society
Fukuyama, Francis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Social capital is an instantiated informal norm that promotes cooperation between individuals. In the economic sphere it reduces transaction costs, and in the political sphere it promotes the kind of associational life that is necessary for the success of limited government and modern democracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769240
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Republic of Moldova; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and National Development Strategy (NDS) for the Republic of Moldova. The NDS “Moldova 2020†presents a vision of cohesive long-term sustainable economic development based on a diagnostic study of constraints to economic...
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