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support sustainable growth. Since export diversification takes a long time, it has to start now. We argue that the failure to …
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This paper proposes an integrated approach to fiscal policy analysis in oil producing countries (OPCs) geared towards addressing their unique and complex policy challenges. First, an accurate assessment of the fiscal stance in OPCs can be obscured by large and volatile oil revenue flows. Second,...
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This paper proposes an approach to setting fiscal policy that factors in the longer-term budgetary pressures that countries face owing, in particular, to population aging and rising health care costs. The approach attempts to overcome the difficulties in evaluating economic trade-offs and social...
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The objective of this paper is to present some early experiences of poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) from the PRGF-supported programs in the African Department. The paper illustrates that many staff country reports have taken a first step toward PSIA by making more explicit the links...
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With fiscal adjustment proceeding quickly in Bulgaria and given the weak economic growth environment, there is keen … interest in making the budget composition more growth friendly. This paper quantifies the short-term impact of fiscal policy on … financed by higher indirect tax revenue collections through base broadening has sizeable growth effects over the medium and …
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stimulus, contributed to rapid economic recovery in the ASEAN-5. As growth rebounds, these economies are beginning to identify …, communicate and implement their strategies for unwinding the fiscal stimulus while addressing long-term growth challenges. In this … investment, could help address long-term growth challenges, while easing the burden on fiscal policy. …
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With a modest recovery in the global economy underway, and amid rising concerns about the sharp increase in government debt in several countries, debate has increasingly focused on the need to identify and implement fiscal exit strategies. This paper reviews the medium-term plans of 25 countries...
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to higher economic growth depending on the form of financing; young generations benefit most from social spending … expenditure composition; and improving the productivity of fiscal expenditure is both growth and welfare enhancing. …
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enable these countries to reach the Millennium Development Goals. …
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adjustment required to achieve long-run fiscal sustainability in G-7 countries is large, there are significant growth benefits to …
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