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This study focused on environmental tax measures, and on allocation, pricing, and taxation of Iceland’s major … hydropower and geothermal resources. Measures to secure the tax base for the corporate income tax (CIT) are proposed. Taxation of …-intensive industries should be avoided. The proposals in this paper aim at efficiency and equity in the tax system rather than revenue …
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framework of Global Fiscal Model (GFM) with technical details. It analyzes tax and expenditure measures and implications of … additional measures for fiscal consolidation on debt sustainability. It reviews the formulation of the Czech National Bank (CNB …
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This paper discusses Germany’s challenges and measures to strengthen crisis management arrangements. Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) and the Bundesbank have closely coordinated with the interagency risk committee on banking matters, which also encompasses BaFin...
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This Selected Issues paper for Thailand highlights the effect of higher global interest rates on Thailand and the relationship between financial crises and long-term potential growth. Since the Asian crisis, Thailand has adopted an inflation targeting regime, and has intervened in the foreign...
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fiscal policies on public debt, and estimates the expenditure and revenue adjustments needed to restrain the growth of debt …
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This 2007 Article IV Consultation underlies that strong macroeconomic policies have enabled Cambodia to achieve impressive growth and make inroads into poverty. Supported by prudent fiscal and monetary policies that have strengthened the economy’s resilience to shocks, growth has averaged...
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In April 2009, the Boards of Executive Directors of the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed that Côte d’Ivoire had met the requirements for reaching the decision point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)...
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Albania enjoyed strong growth with comparatively benign external vulnerabilities before the crisis. Monetary policy provided timely support, and the exchange rate functioned as a shock absorber. However, policy buffers are now exhausted and must be rebuilt. Fiscal tightening has to be quickly...
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and caused serious fiscal losses. The new financing strategy is based on issuing debt instruments in the regional … financial market to improve the domestic debt profile. IMF staff recommends completion of the second review, granting of waivers …
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In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
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