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Populist fiscal policy
Khemani, Stuti - 2008
groups over group-specific targeted benefits financed by generalized taxation. These models predict that governments …-that of populist pressure on political parties to spend more on the general public good, financed by costly income taxation …
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The quality of fiscal adjustment and the long-run growth impact of fiscal policy in Brazil
Blanco, Fernando - 2006
-run impact of government expenditure composition and taxation. They analyze the use of the primary balance as a policy tool … interaction between public expenditure composition and taxation on growth. Similar results are obtained: large elasticities of … output with respect to capital stocks, a significant negative impact of taxation on long-run GDP, and a negative impact of …
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Restoring fiscal discipline for poverty reduction in Peru : a public expenditure review
2003
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Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador : A Fiscal Management and Public - Expenditure Review
World Bank - 2012
This report consists of two volumes. Volume I examines whether, and how, the core goals of public expenditure management, i.e., balanced fiscal aggregates, resource allocations to strategic sectors, and equity and microeconomic efficiency of public spending are met in Ecuador. Volume II presents...
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Belarus Public Expenditure Review : Fiscal Reforms for a Sustainable Economic Recovery
World Bank - 2012
Belarus faces significant fiscal challenges, stemming from the structural features of its economic model. As of mid-2011, under a severe exchange rate and balance of payments crisis, the Government needs to pursue a carefully sequenced strategy of macroeconomic adjustment coupled with a strong...
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Philippines - Public Expenditure Review : Strengthening Public Finance for More Inclusive Growth
World Bank - 2012
This Public Expenditure Review analyzes trends in revenues, expenditures and development outcomes over the past 10 years. Its main findings are that, since the late 1990s, the Philippines has been caught in a low-revenue, low-expenditure trap and that the current level of public revenues is not...
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Georgia - Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) : Joint World Bank-European Commission Public Financial Management Assessment, Programmatic Public Finance Policy R...
World Bank - 2012
This Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment provides an updated and systematic diagnostic of the Public Financial Management (PFM) system in Georgia and provides mid-2007 as a base line for complementing the Government's efforts to monitor progress in the PFM reforms...
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Guinea-Bissau - Public Expenditure Review Update : Enhancing Growth and Fiscal Adjustment Through Civil Service Reform
World Bank - 2012
Guinea-Bissau's large public sector wage bill poses a major threat to the country's macroeconomic stability: it hampers growth, limits the government's ability to service the domestic and external debt, and crowds out private investments. For this reason, the government decided in early 2006 to...
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West Bank and Gaza - Public Expenditure Review : From Crisis to Greater Fiscal Independence, Volume 1
World Bank - 2012
This report examines the fiscal crisis facing the Palestinian Authority (PA) that could threaten its very existence. It looks at recent macroeconomic and fiscal developments and gives and analysis of key issues and challenges such as economic and fiscal trends. The report also goes in depth...
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