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Investing Volatile Oil Revenues in Capital-Scarce Economies : An Application to Angola
Richmond, Christine - 2013
applies to Angola the fiscal framework developed in Berg and others (forthcoming) that incorporates investment inefficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409430
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Fiscal Sustainability, Public Investment, and Growth in Natural Resource-Rich, Low-Income Countries : The Case of Cameroon
Samake, Issouf - 2013
This paper assesses the implications of the use of oil revenue for public investment on growth and fiscal sustainability in Cameroon. We develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of such investment on growth and on the path of key fiscal indicators, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409427
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A Primer on Fiscal Analysis in Oil-Producing Countries
Medas, Paulo A. - 2009
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677747
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Investing Volatile Oil Revenues in Capital-Scarce Economies; An Application to Angola
Richmond, Christine J.; Yackovlev, Irene; Yang, Shu-Chun S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
applies to Angola the fiscal framework developed in Berg et al. (forthcoming) that incorporates investment inefficiency and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242209
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Natural Resource Endowments, Governance, and the Domestic Revenue Effort : Evidence from a Panel of Countries
Thornton, John - 2008
The recent development literature stresses that countries that receive large revenues from natural resource endowments typically raise less revenue from domestic taxation, and that this creates governance problems because the lower domestic tax effort reduces the incentive for the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409045
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Quantifying the Revenue Yields from Tax Administration Reforms
Adan, Hassan - 2023
Despite the criticality of tax administration (TA) reforms in enhancing domestic revenue mobilization, few studies have attempted to quantify the revenue impact of such reforms. This paper fills this gap by estimating the revenue yields associated with various tax administration capabilities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058942
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Public investment, growth, and debt sustainability : putting together the pieces
Buffie, Edward E.; Berg, Andrew; Pattillo, Catherine A.; … - 2012
We develop a model to study the macroeconomic effects of public investment surges in low-income countries, making explicit: (i) the investment-growth linkages; (ii) public external and domestic debt accumulation; (iii) the fiscal policy reactions necessary to ensure debt-sustainability; and (iv)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618586
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Public Investment in Resource-Abundant Developing Countries.
Berg, Andrew - 2012
Clearing Conditions and Identities -- III. Equilibrium and Calibration -- A The CEMAC Region -- B Angola -- IV. Investing with … application: sustainable investing approach -- 5 CEMAC application: investing without a Resource Windfall -- 6 Angola application …: conservative vs. aggressive scaling-up under sustainable investing -- 7 Angola application: conservative vs. aggressive scaling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690162
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Resource Windfalls, Optimal Public Investment and Redistribution : The Role of Total Factor Productivity and Administrative Capacity
Gelb, Alan H - 2012
This paper studies the optimal public investment decisions in countries experiencing a resource windfall. To do so, we use an augmented version of the Permanent Income framework with public investment faced with adjustment costs capturing the associated administrative capacity as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690171
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Public Investment as an Engine of Growth
Warner, Andrew M. - 2014
This paper looks at the empirical record whether big infrastructure and public capital drives have succeeded in accelerating economic growth in low-income countries. It looks at big long-lasting drives in public capital spending, as these were arguably clear and exogenous policy decisions. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690573