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Dominica : OECS Fiscal Issues, Policies to Achieve Fiscal Sustainability and Improve Efficiency and Equity of Public Expenditures
World Bank - 2012
This report concludes that during FY1993/94 to FY002/03 the fiscal policy implemented by the government of Dominica was unsustainable and posed a risk to the stability of the currency board arrangement. Moreover, this report recommends that most of the adjustment required to achieve a...
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Grenada, OECS Fiscal Issues : Policies to Achieve Fiscal Sustainability and Improve Efficiency and Equity of Public Expenditures
World Bank - 2013
The report reviews Grenada public expenditures for the period 1995-02 and suggests policy recommendations to achieve fiscal sustainability, improve social service delivery, and reform social protection based on the economic situation of the country at the time. To restore rapid economic growth,...
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Czech Republic : enhancing the prospects for growth with fiscal stability
2001
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Czech Republic : Enhancing the Prospects for Growth with Fiscal Stability
World Bank - 2013
The Czech government is confronted with a worsening fiscal situation. The structural deficit ballooned in 2000, and it is expected to widen further in 2001. The report suggests that, at this stage of the recovery, fiscal retrenchment instead should be in order, both to make room for private...
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Czech Republic : Enhancing the Prospects for Growth with Fiscal Stability
World Bank - 2013
This public expenditure review analyzes recent developments in the Czech Republic, and future prospects for growth, with fiscal stability. In analyzing the strategic setting, where a central thrust of this strategy is the accession to the European Union (EU), the report suggests than an...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522058
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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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Jamaica : Fiscal Consolidation for Growth and Poverty Reduction, A Public Expenditure Review
World Bank - 2012
This Public Expenditure Review (PER) builds on the commitments of the 2003 Country Economic Memorandum (CEM), and 2002 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) Progress Report, being its primary objective to assess strengths and weaknesses in key areas of public expenditure, and identify policy options...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553429
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Fiscal Consolidation to Accelerate Growth and Support Inclusive Development : Ghana Public Expenditure Review
World Bank - 2017
Ghana has experienced an extended period of robust growth since the early 2000s, supported by a favorable external environment and large investment inflows, particularly in the extractive industries. In 2011, as the start of oil production drove a surge in per capita income, Ghana graduated from...
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Restoring fiscal discipline for poverty reduction in Peru : a public expenditure review
2003
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