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Timor-Leste Economic Report, December 2021 : Steadying the Ship
World Bank - 2021
Given the finite nature of petroleum resources and associated sovereign wealth fund, it iscritical for Timor-Leste to build a strong foundation for sustainable revenue mobilization tofinance public spending on development and poverty reduction. Timor-Leste faces the risks ofa fiscal cliff as,...
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A Blue Transformation for Pacific Maritime Transport: Overarching Regional Transport
World Bank - 2023
, where relevant, key areas for future attention. The topics are: international shipping, gateway ports, domestic maritime … transport, four related sectors, cruise ship tourism, tuna fisheries, fossil fuel imports, and bulk shipping, natural disasters …
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Pacific Maritime Transport Systems
World Bank - 2023
This Technical Note supplements the overarching regional report 'A Blue Transformation for Pacific Maritime Transport (World Bank, 2022)'. It provides more detail on, and analysis of, natural hazards in the Pacific affecting port infrastructure and operations. While natural hazards are a major...
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Oil Rules : Kazakhstan's Policy Options in a Downturn
World Bank - 2014
This report assesses the role of fiscal rules for countercyclical economic management in Kazakhstan and simulates the behavior of different types of fiscal rules. The work represents technical assistance to the ministry of economy and budget planning and has been financed by the joint economic...
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The world trade organization's Doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues
Anderson, Kym - 2006
and tariffs-for cotton it is subsidy reductions rather than tariff cuts that would make by far the largest impact. For Sub …
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The distributional incidence of residential water and electricity subsidies
Wodon, Quentin (contributor) - 2006
subsidies for water and electricity services. Their analysis of a wide range of subsidy models from around the developing world … shows that the most common form of utility subsidy-quantity-based subsidies delivered through the tariff structure … effectiveness of consumption subsidy schemes to reach the poor. Simulations suggest that connection subsidies are an attractive …
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Regional subsidies and industrial prospects of lagging regions
Lall, Somik V. - 2006
"Large and sustained differences in economic performance across regions of developing countries have long provided motivation for fiscal incentives designed to encourage firm entry in lagging areas. But empirical evidence in support of these policies has been weak at best. The authors undertake...
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Why governments should stop non-social subsidies : measuring their consequences for rural Latin America
Lápez, Ramán - 2005
"The provision of public goods and the amelioration of market failure are the classical justifications for government intervention in the economy. In reality, (1) governments intervene in markets that are not affected by failure, and (2) a large share of the government resources is spent in...
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Water, electricity, and the poor : who benefits from utility subsidies?
Komives, Kristin (contributor) - 2005
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