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Current Account Norms in Natural Resource Rich and Capital Scarce Economies
Araujo, Juliana Dutra - 2013
The permanent income hypothesis implies that frictionless open economies with exhaustible natural resources should save abroad most of their resource windfalls and, therefore, feature current account surpluses. Resource-rich developing countries (RRDCs), on the other hand, face substantial...
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Sharing resource wealth inclusively within and across generations
Pouokam, Nathalie - 2021
This paper discusses the main challenges faced by resource-rich nations in promoting equity; describes policy tools available for managing exhaustible natural resources; and analyzes the relationship between resource wealth and state fragility. It is argued that human capital accumulation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604778
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Valuation and Treatment of Depletable Resources in the National Accounts
Levin, Jonathan - 1991
To assess the feasibility of the national accounts treating as assets depletable resources extracted for sale, the paper examines three issues: 1. whether treating natural resources as assets when they are used requires symmetrical accounting when they enter economic reserves; 2. at what stage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396044
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Resources and Incentives to Reform : A Model and Some Evidenceon Sub-Saharan African Countries
De Blasio, Guido - 2001
The paper models the incentives for a self-interested government to implement ""good policies"". While good policies lead to investment and growth, they reduce the government''s ability to increase supporters'' consumption. The model predicts that resource abundance is conductive to poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400564
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The Cost of Government and the Misuse of Public Assets
Prakash, Tej - 2000
This paper deals with efficiency in the public sector. It argues that the habit of relating efficiency to public … could be used for several purposes including increasing public sector efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400238
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Public Sector Efficiency and Fiscal Austerity
International Monetary Fund - 1998
or may not improve economic efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400822
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Linkages Between Financial Variables, Financial Sector Reform and Economic Growth and Efficiency
Johnston, R. B. - 1995
economic growth and efficiency, using panel data for 40 countries which reformed their financial systems. Financial sector … reform is hypothesized to affect economic growth and efficiency through three main channels: the real interest rate … representing the interest cost of capital, the volume of intermediation, and financial sector efficiency. The results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395836
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Wholesale Payments and Financial Discipline, Efficiency, and Liquidity
Folkerts-Landau, D. F. I. - 1997
Properly designed wholesale payments system can make a significant contribution to enhancing market discipline in the financial sector, reducing the risk of systemic disturbance and permitting a less extensive safety net for financial institutions. The objective of these reforms has been to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403300
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A Noteon Debt Reduction and Echonomic Efficiency
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This note examines the efficiency gains that might result from market-based debt reduction and alternative uses of … government investment or consumption. Given considerable uncertainty about the efficiency returns of alternative uses of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396332
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Who’s going green and why? : trends and determinants of green investment
Eyraud, Luc; Wane, Abdoul; Zhang, Changchang; Clements, … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009419793