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Income and Democracy; Lipset's Law Revisited

Hoeffler, Anke; Bates, Robert H.; Fayad, Ghada - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

democracy: higher/lower incomes per capita hinder/trigger democratization. Decomposing overall income per capita into its …

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The Economics of Political Transitions; Implications for the Arab Spring

Khandelwal, Padamja; Roitman, Agustin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Over the past two years, ongoing political transitions in many Arab countries have led to social unrest and an economic downturn. This paper examines comparable historical episodes of political instability to derive implications for the near- and medium-term economic outlook in the Arab...

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Financial Deepening, Property Rights and Poverty; Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

Huang, Yifei; Singh, Raju Jan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Recent studies on the relationship between financial development and poverty have been inconclusive. Some claim that, by allowing more entrepreneurs to obtain financing, financial development improves the allocation of capital, which has a particularly large impact on the poor. Others argue that...

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Inequalities and Growth in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Region

Basdevant, Olivier; Benicio, Dalmacio; Yakhshilikov, Yorbol - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

effective to reduce inequalities and promote growth. However, direct redistribution, if carefully crafted can also be very …

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The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth; Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Asia

Balakrishnan, Ravi; Steinberg, Chad; Syed, Murtaza H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia’s recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As...

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Inclusive Growth and the Incidence of Fiscal Policy in Mauritius; Much Progress, But More Could be Done

David, Antonio; Petri, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Using data from three household surveys, we review whether growth in Mauritius was inclusive and discuss the incidence of public expenditures and taxes. Generally, Mauritius enjoys an even income distribution and low rates of poverty. Nevertheless, over the 2000s, despite overall progress, the...

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Botswana; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

Poverty and unemployment remained high in Botswana. The shortcomings of the labor market policies are responsible for a high unemployment rate. This selected issues paper sheds considerable light on ways that Botswana can enhance inclusive growth and reduce the high level of structural...

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Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth

Ostry, Jonathan David; Berg, Andrew; Tsangarides, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

the previous SDN on inequality and growth by focusing on the role of redistribution. It finds that, from the perspective … of the best available macroeconomic data, there is not a lot of evidence that redistribution has in fact undercut … is a big tradeoff between redistribution and growth. The best available macroeconomic data do not support such a …

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The Political Economy of Seigniorage

Aisen, Ari; Veiga, Francisco José - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

While most economists agree that seigniorage is one way governments finance deficits, there is less agreement about the political, institutional, and economic reasons for relying on it. This paper investigates the main determinants of seigniorage using panel data on about 100 countries, for the...

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Votingon the "Optimal" Size of Government

Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

Viewing fiscal policies as the outcome of democratically resolved conflicts of households over public goods and taxes, the “economic model of politics” proposes a public choice approach, which does not rely on social welfare functions. With it, a country’s overall budget can be derived...

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