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We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out private-sector employment using specially assembled datasets for a large cross-section of developing and advanced countries, and discuss the implications for countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus and Central Asia....
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This study estimates the size of the informal economy, and the relative contribution of each underlying factor, for the Caucasus and Central Asia countries in 2008. Using a Multiple Indicator-Multiple Cause model, we find that a burdensome tax system, rigid labor market, low institutional...
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This paper quantifies the effect of realized and potential global growth disappointments on export volumes from the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Estimates of export elasticities with respect to trading partner GDP indicate non-oil export volumes are relatively...
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This Selected Issues paper presents an assessment of leveraging oil wealth for development in Kazakhstan. By saving … most of the tax revenues collected from the oil sector in an off-budget oil fund Kazakhstan has been relatively successful … includes public enterprises in the oil and gas industry, is systemic in Kazakhstan. During the crisis the quasifiscal sector …
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architecture and promoting a business environment unencumbered by the state remain key challenges for Kazakhstan to become a …
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developing Kazakhstan into a leading emerging market economy requires concerted efforts to strengthen the policy architecture. It …
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This paper analyzes the monetary policy framework in Kazakhstan. The authorities have been successful in containing …
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This paper examines the relative merits of two dominant economic instruments for reducing pollution—”green” taxes and … other. In practice, however, most countries have relied more on taxes than on permits to control pollution. The analysis …
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