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Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment; A Review and Synthesis
Miranda, Kenneth M.; Parry, Ian W.H.; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1993
Commonly cited environmental instruments in the legal, regulatory, and fiscal domains are intended primarily to address … market failures to ensure that environmental degradation and resource use is contained to appropriate levels. However, in … many instances, environmental degradation is rooted not in market failure, but rather in policy failure. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825826
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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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Optimal Fiscal Policy and the Environment
Ligthart, Johanna Elisabeth - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1998
The paper studies the setting of optimal fiscal policy in a second-best world with environmental externalities. The … the environment, public funds are inexpensive, and public abatement is relatively productive. The analysis also shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599649
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Alternative Forms of Mineral Taxation, Market Failure and the Environment
Muzondo, Timothy R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
This paper examines the environmental effects of mineral taxes in a framework that recognizes the importance of rates … act as proxies for environmental taxes. The paper also points at complementarities and tradeoffs between economic and … environmental concerns that could arise in reforming mineral taxes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263912
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Republic of Tajikistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Second Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Second Progress Report on Tajikistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) discusses key developments in the status and dynamics of poverty-related indicators in the country during 2004. Although economic growth has generated significant reductions in poverty rates in the past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824948
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: 2003/04 Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper examines the Annual Progress Report on the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. The broad thrust of the government’s strategy remains creating rural growth, accelerating private sector growth in the modern economy to create employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824976
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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
log export ban is a second-best policy tool for addressing environmental externalities; it also creates more jobs and … Costa Rica could generate economic gains as high as $14 million annually in addition to the environmental benefits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825769
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Republic of Tajikistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2010–12 aims to serve as a medium-term program for the implementation of the National Development Strategy up to 2015. It will determine the major socioeconomic development of the country during this period, taking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242568
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Mali; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Following an evaluation of the first Poverty Reduction Strategy Framework (PRSF) of Mali, the government adopted the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Framework (GPRSF) document, which aims at reducing poverty and achieving the MDGs. The Accelerated Growth Strategy, which maintains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242639
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Kenya; Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report: 2003/2004
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
Kenya’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual progress report highlights that sound macroeconomic management policies are finally beginning to yield results in terms of macroeconomic growth, which is the underpinning for future poverty reduction. A high degree of price stability has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242927