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Country Program Evaluation: Mexico (2007-2011) Title: Evaluación del Programa de País: México (2007-2011)
Alonso, Pablo; Conroy, Hector; Fevre, Chloe; Herrera, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
relevance of the IDB's program in relation to Mexico's fundamental challenges, as well as to the Bank's strategy developed … during the period in an effort to become more relevant in Mexico: work with the private sector, work with subnational …, technical, and operational benefits to Mexico. The country program has been relevant to Mexico's structural challenges and to …
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The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy: Survey
Eslava, Marcela - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This paper surveys the recent literature on the political economy of fiscal policy, in particular the accumulation of government debt. The authors examine three possible determinants of fiscal balances: opportunistic behavior by policymakers, heterogeneous fiscal preferences of either voters or...
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Aggregate Effects of a Universal Social Insurance Fiscal Reform
Antón, Arturo; Leal, Julio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper analyzes the aggregate effects of a revenue neutral fiscal-cum-social policy reform in a typical developing country that consists of two main changes: (1) the implementation of universal social insurance to replace the current dual social protection system (i.e., a reconfiguration of...
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A Cycle-Adjusted Fiscal Rule for Sustainable and More Equitable Growth in Argentina
Zúñiga, Jimena; Capello, Marcelo; Butler, Inés; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper seeks to identify the most promising fiscal strategy to boost long-term economic growth in Argentina and quantify its effects. To this end, the authors updated a growth-diagnostics study for Argentina and corroborated that low appropriability of social returns and insufficient public...
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Trade Liberalization and Trade Taxes
Tanzi, Vito - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This note discusses trade liberalization and trade taxes. The main issue should not be the reduction of trade taxes but of total tax revenue. By potentially changing the structure of the economy, trade liberalization will affect not just tax revenue but also the role of the state in the economy...
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Who Decides the Budget?: A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America
Scartascini, Carlos; Stein, Ernesto H.; Abuelafia, Emmanuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This book explains how economies, institutions, and politics interact to produce budget outcomes in Latin America, a region in which informality dominates public governance. It includes detailed country analyses which provide comparative knowledge about the workings of policymaking and budget...
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Fiscal Federalism in Latin America: From Entitlements to Markets
Durán, Eduardo Wiesner - Inter-American Development Bank
The aim of this book is to provide policymakers in Latin America with the stylized facts of what works and what does not in decentralization policies and schemes, based on analysis of the recent experiences of several Latin American countries.
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From Growth to Prosperity: Policy Perspectives for Trinidad and Tobago
Artana, Daniel; Thomas, Wendell; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The topics covered in the chapters of the report were presented and discussed in a conference organized by the IDB in Port of Spain on July 13th, 2004. After more than a decade of economic growth and despite encouraging prospects for the future, the Trinidad and Tobagp economy remains overly...
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The Fiscal Institutions of Tomorrow
Sanginés, Mario; Cabrera, Joan Oriol Prats; Pimenta, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank
The Fiscal Institutions of Tomorrow, the first publication in the series Institutions for People, addresses issues of public management that are key to economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. It presents the challenges that the countries in the region face to strengthen fiscal...
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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth
Artana, Daniel; Zavala, Emilio Osambela; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
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