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Revenue and the fiscal impact of trade liberalization : the case of Niger
Zafar, Ali - 2005
"Using data collected during several missions, Zafar finds that the principal reasons for low revenue mobilization are (1) the adverse fiscal impact of trade liberalization, (2) the defiscalization of agriculture in the 1970s, (3) the collapse of the uranium boom in the 1980s, and (4) the poor...
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Raising revenue with transaction taxes in Latin America : Or is it better to tax with the devil you know?
Suescun, Rodrigo - 2004
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Ghana : Enhancing Revenue Mobilization Through Improved Tax Compliance and Administrative Systems
World Bank - 2020
Ghana's tax collection is low compared with other lower middle-income countries. Non-compliance of tax payments is an urgent issue in Ghana, as the government has been suffering from a widening fiscal deficit and a rising debt burden. Learning from experiences in other countries, this report...
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Enhancing Non-SACU Revenue in Swaziland : Improving Tax Policy and Administration
World Bank - 2013
The collapse of Southern African Customs Union (SACU) revenue in 2009 has caused the Government to consider enhancing new sources of revenue in earnest to sustain its development policies. Existing plans that were prepared more than 5 years ago to introduce the Value-Added Tax (VAT) and create a...
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An analysis of South Africa's value added tax
Go, Delfin S. - 2005
"In this paper, the authors describe South Africa's value added tax (VAT), showing that (1) the VAT is mildly regressive, and (2) it is an effective source of government revenue, compared with other tax instruments in South Africa. They evaluate the VAT in the context of other distortions in the...
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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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Openness and industrial response in a Wal-Mmart world : a case study of Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactant producers
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2006
effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share …
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Quality of schooling and quality of schools for indigenous students in Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru
Hernandez-Zavala, Martha (contributor) - 2006
score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors …
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Conditional cash transfers, adult work incentives, and poverty
Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2006
examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time …
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Moving forward faster : trade facilitation reform and Mexican competitiveness
Soloaga, Isidro - 2006
"Improved competitiveness is at the top of the agenda for Mexico as it moves to leverage economic progress made over … sectors in Mexico. They use four indicators of trade facilitation: port efficiency, customs environment, regulatory …, and apply it to the case of Mexico. The formula brings the below-average countries in the group half-way to the average …
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