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Aid Effectiveness: Politics Matters
Bobba, Matteo; Powell, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The literature on aid effectiveness has focused more on recipient policies than the determinants of aid allocation yet a consistent result is that political allies obtain more aid from donors than non-allies. This paper shows that aid allocated to political allies is ineffective for growth,...
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Manna from Heaven: The Impact of Nonrenewable Resource Revenues on Other Revenues of Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ossowski, Rolando; Gonzáles-Castillo, Alberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
policy implications. Especially for resource exporters with fiscal vulnerabilities to shocks and sustainability issues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655037
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Latin America and Caribbean Macro Watch Data Tool
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001
Since 2001, the Latin American and Caribbean Macro Watch (LMW) has been a key source of independent macroeconomic analysis for regional monitoring and forecasts. Data is organized at the global, sub-regional, and country level, the latter typically divided into economic activity and employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673428
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Crises and the Poor: Socially Responsible Macroeconomics
Lustig, Nora - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
a poverty reduction strategy. As a result, the paper analyses the role of exchange rate policy, capital controls and … countercyclical fiscal policy in generating or avoiding crisis. Responses to macroeconomic crisis are assessed by considering the … effects of different policy combinations, the use of safety nets and the composition of fiscal adjustment to protect the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653720
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MERCOSUR Report No. 15 (2009-2010)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2011
This report reviews and analyzes key aspects of the bloc's integration process in relation to both the internal and external agendas in the period from July 2009 to June 2010. The opening two chapters respectively analyze the macroeconomic outlook of the economies of the Southern Common Market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711692
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Growth and Adjustment in East Asia and Latin America
Gregorio, José De; Lee, Jong-Wha - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper compares the experience of growth performance and macroeconomic adjustment between East Asia and Latin America from 1970 to 2000.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198318
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Crises and the Poor: Socially Responsible Macroeconomics
Lustig, Nora - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
a poverty reduction strategy. As a result, the paper analyses the role of exchange rate policy, capital controls and … countercyclical fiscal policy in generating or avoiding crisis. Responses to macroeconomic crisis are assessed by considering the … effects of different policy combinations, the use of safety nets and the composition of fiscal adjustment to protect the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009199282
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International Crises and Policy Responses in the Southern Cone
Borensztein, Eduardo; Castilleja, Liliana; Hernaiz, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This document analyzes the patterns of fiscal and monetary policy in five economies of the Latin American Southern Cone … 2008 to implement a countercyclical policy thanks to increases in primary balances, improvements in sustainability … countercyclical policy was supported by a shift towards more flexible exchange rate regimes, and monetary policy regimes that enhanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652946
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Beyond Reforms: Structural Dynamics and Macroeconomic Vulnerability
Vos, Rob; Frenkel, Roberto; Ocampo, José Antonio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Beyond Reforms presents the contributions of some United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analysts as well as research articles prepared for the Commission. It reviews long-term growth and development patterns and focuses on macroeconomic vulnerability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772518
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Esfuerzo fiscal municipal en Guatemala
Bonet, Jaime Alfredo; Rueda, Fabio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
En este trabajo se analiza el esfuerzo fiscal que realizan los municipios guatemaltecos sobre el recaudo de su principal ingreso tributario, el Impuesto Único Sobre Inmuebles (IUSI). Los resultados del estudio indican que el esfuerzo fiscal municipal es bajo y lejano a su potencial en el caso...
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