(SMEs) in the world. The paper provides empirical evidence on the drivers of SME access to finance for a large sample of …

countries' own interests. The potential fiscal, environmental and welfare impacts of energy subsidy reform are substantial …

consumption to changes in energy prices and the implications of our findings for the debate on energy subsidy reform. Our findings … significant long-term benefits from the reform of energy subsidies. Our findings also indicate that short-term gains from subsidy … reform are likely to be much smaller, which suggests the need for either a gradual approach to subsidy reform or for more …

percent of the 2020 subsidy reflects undercharging for supply costs (explicit subsidies) and 92 percent for undercharging for …

This paper assesses the cyclicality and sustainability of fiscal policy in Belize and applies a stochastic simulation … debt sustainability. It recommends integrating such rules into a well-designed fiscal responsibility law and establishing …

The World Bank and the IMF have adopted a debt sustainability framework (DSF) to evaluate the risk of debt distress in …

With the recent jump in world oil prices, the issue of petroleum product pricing has become increasingly important in …