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"In this paper, the author attempts to identify the characteristics of the business climate in India that can help … identify the key features of a poor business environment in India. The analysis shows that infrastructure and institutions …
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"Alm, Annez, and Modi review the options for reform of stamp duties on immovable property transfers collected by Indian state governments. After briefly reviewing some of the many administrative difficulties experienced with the tax, they turn to an examination of its economic impacts. A review...
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India has embarked on a substantial program of decentralization following the 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts to the …-district (block), and village and urban local levels. The World Bank's India program is interested in these developments and is … considering how it should support the Government of India (GoI) objectives in these governance reforms. A wide range of support …
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Both central and state governments have carried out significant correction of financial imbalances since 2000, through the implementation of fiscal reforms including enactment of fiscal responsibility (FR) acts. However, the improvement in the finances of all states in aggregate hides wide...
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"This paper relaxes some key assumptions in the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability. First, the authors …
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This report assesses Montenegro's public and external debt sustainability under alternative scenarios. The baseline …
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panel data models with country-specific fixed effects. The empirical results show that the most robust growth determinants …
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