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The Evolving Functions and Organization of Finance Ministries

Allen, Richard - 2016

There is relatively little literature that analyses the role, functions, and organization of finance ministries. The purpose of this working paper is to review international experiences in this area, in an effort to formulate guiding principles of organizational design and the allocation of...

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Domestic Amplifiers of External Shocks : Growth Accelerations and Reversals in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

Gruss, Bertrand - 2019

External conditions have been found to influence the tendency of emerging market and developing economies to experience episodes of growth accelerations and reversals. In this paper we study the role of domestic policies and other structural attributes in amplifying or mitigating the effect that...

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European Productivity, Innovation and Competitiveness : The Case of Italy

Tiffin, Andrew - 2015

In Italy, price-based competitiveness measures are not always an accurate predictor of trade outcomes. This paper … Italy's export market share. Overall, Italy maintains a high-quality export mix, and the adaptability of small … sectors are weighed down by the structural barriers that have depressed productivity more broadly. Italy's future …

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Export Competitiveness - Fuel Price Nexus in Developing Countries : Real or False Concern?

Kpodar, Kangni - 2019

This paper investigates the impact of domestic fuel price increases on export growth in a sample of 77 developing countries over the period 2000-2014. Using a fixed-effect estimator and the local projection approach, we find that an increase in domestic gasoline or diesel price adversely affects...

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Financial Intermediation Costs in Low-Income Countries : The Role of Regulatory, Institutional, and Macroeconomic Factors

Poghosyan, Tigran - 2012

We analyze factors driving persistently higher financial intermediation costs in low-income countries (LICs) relative to emerging market (EMs) country comparators. Using the net interest margin as a proxy for financial intermediation costs at the bank level, we find that within LICs a...

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Monetary Policy Transmission in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Brandao-Marques, Luis - 2020

Central banks in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) have been modernizing their monetary policy frameworks, often moving toward inflation targeting (IT). However, questions regarding the strength of monetary policy transmission from interest rates to inflation and output have often...

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Missing Link : Volatility and the Debt Intolerance Paradox

Catão, Luis - 2006

A striking feature of sovereign lending is that many countries with moderate debt-to-income ratios systematically face higher spreads and more stringent borrowing constraints than others with far higher debt ratios. Earlier research has rationalized the phenomenon in terms of sovereign...

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Tax Revenue Mobilization Episodes in Emerging Markets and Low-Income Countries : Lessons from a New Dataset

Akitoby, Bernardin - 2018

How do countries mobilize large tax revenue-defined as an average increase in the tax-to-GDP ratio of 0.5 percent per year over three years or more? To answer this question, we build a novel dataset covering 55 episodes of large tax revenue mobilization in low-income countries and emerging...

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Does Conditionality Mitigate the Potential Negative Effect of Aid on Revenues?

Crivelli, Ernesto - 2016

This paper assesses whether conditionality in IMF-supported programs has helped offset the potential negative effect of foreign aid on tax revenues. The analysis - carried out on panel data covering 1993-2012 for 111 low- and middle-income countries - shows that growing use of revenue...

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The Rising Resilience of Emerging Market and Developing Economies

Abiad, Abdul G. - 2016

Economic performance in many emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) improved substantially over the past twenty years. The past decade was particularly good-for the first time EMDEs spent more time in expansion and had smaller downturns thanadvanced economies. In this paper we document...

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