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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497600
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Côte d’Ivoire; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Côte d’Ivoire's government decided on the National Development Plan to give a new impetus to its development policy. This new strategy is based on an ambitious and realistic recovery and development program centered on private and public investment. The institutional monitoring framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244156
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243899
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Hold Your Nose and Vote; Why Do Some Democracies tolerate Corruption?
Pani, Marco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper analyses why corruption can persist for long periods in a democracy and inquires whether this can result …, the paper analyzes how corruption distortsthe allocation of resources between public and private expenditure, altering the … citizens can indirectly benefit from corruption. The paper shows that, under this condition, if the citizens anticipate a shift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999974
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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 management, fiscal instruments such as an inappropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768783
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Forestry Taxation in Africa; The Case of Liberia
Thomas, Saji; Schwidrowski, Arnim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Countries generally tax the forestry sector to achieve the twin objectives of revenue maximization and sustainability of logging levels. In an ideal world of perfect markets and information, auctions would be the best instrument to determine the price of extraction rights. However, a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599407
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248169
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Cooption and Repression in the Soviet Union
Grossman, Hershel I.; Gershenson, Dmitry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
The Soviet ruling elite, the nomenklatura, used both cooption and political repression to encourage loyalty to the communist regime. Loyalty was critical both in defusing internal opposition to the rule of the nomenklatura and in either deterring or defeating foreign enemies of the Soviet Union....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826277
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Poverty, Inequality, and Unethical Behavior of the Strong
Hillman, Arye L. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper is concerned with economic consequences of unethical governance. A framework is set out, based on principles … programs intended to improve living standards. The purpose is to include ethics of governance, and, in particular, unethical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826516
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The Dynamic Effect of Social and Political Instability on Output; The Role of Reforms
Bernal-Verdugo, Lorenzo E.; Furceri, Davide; Guillaume, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
implement, in the aftermath of a social instability episode, reforms aimed at improving the level of governance. The results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242339