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Postcrisis growth and development : a development agenda for the G-20

Sepulveda, Claudia Paz (contributor); … - Korea-World Bank High Level Conference on Post-Crisis … - 2010

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Boosting Jobs and Living Standards in G20 Countries

International Labour Office - 2012

Almost four years since the onset of the global financial and economic crisis, unemployment and underemployment remain stubbornly high in many G20 countries, and many workers remain trapped in low paid, often informal, jobs with little social protection. Job creation has been anemic in many...

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The Northern Uganda Social Action Fund : Community Reconciliation and Conflict Management Empower Communities in a Post-Conflict Setting

World Bank - 2012

The five year Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF), being implemented since 2003 is meant to assist government in its efforts to tackle poverty and bring about development that utilizes and builds on community value systems As part of the broader efforts to reconstruct Northern Uganda,...

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Ghana - Kanye Ndu Bowi : An Indigenous Philosophical Context for Conflict Management

World Bank - 2012

This article intends to summarize findings from a study carried out by the author between the winter of 1995 and spring of 1996 among the Buems on the Ghana side of the Ghana-Togo border. The objective in this paper is to identify and discuss the main philosophical contexts within which the...

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Stamp duties in Indian states : a case for reform

Alm, James - 2004

"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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Pakistan - Tax Policy Report : Tapping Tax Bases for Development - Summary Report

World Bank - 2012

The main message of this report is that Pakistan can take measures to increase the tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio by around 3.5 percentage points over the next five years. In order to ensure a healthy long-run economic development, Pakistan needs to embrace substantial changes in tax...

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Pakistan - Tax Policy Report : Tapping Tax Bases for Development - Full Report

World Bank - 2012

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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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Some small countries do it better : rapid growth and its causes in Singapore, Ireland, and Finland

Yusuf, Shahid - 2012

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From efficiency-driven to innovation-driven economic growth : perspectives from Singapore

Tan, Kim-Song - 2005

"This paper looks at Singapore's efforts to transform the economic growth base from one that is predominantly … propelling Singapore onto an innovation-driven growth path. It takes into consideration the city-state's underlying comparative … advantages (or disadvantages) and asks how Singapore's existing strength in efficiency infrastructure may give it a first mover …

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