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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies
Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009
"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of … privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and vary across regions, coinciding with differences in policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394105
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Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms
Eschenbach, Felix - 2006
"The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522111
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Services policy reform and economic growth in transition economies, 1990-2004
Eschenbach, Felix - 2005
"Major changes have occurred in the structure of former centrally planned economies, including a sharp rise in the share of services in GDP, employment, and international transactions. However, large differences exist across transition economies with respect to services intensity and services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522537
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Reforming education finance in transition countries : six case studies in per capita financing systems
2011
This book reviews the experience with one specific though widely introduced approach to funding general education, namely per capita financing (PCF), in six countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region in an effort to learn which outcomes were achieved and how. Per capita financing is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550443
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522699
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523054
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647674
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557887
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The quality of fiscal adjustment and the long-run growth impact of fiscal policy in Brazil
Blanco, Fernando - 2006
"The authors describe the main trends of Brazil's fiscal policy during the past decade and analyze (1) the ability to raise the primary surplus in response to external shocks, (2) the pro-cyclical nature of fiscal policy, and (3) the long-run impact of government expenditure composition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522058