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The government's ability to deliver inclusive growth crucially depends on the quality of governance. This paper reviews … the linkages between governance and inclusive growth, and key policies to improve governance. The policies include (1 …, and inclusive political institutions to inform and monitor policymaking …
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Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of governance and perceptions of … corruption. Weak governance undermines economic performance through various channels, including deficiencies in government … performance by improving governance and reducing corruption. This paper estimates that strengthening governance and mitigating …
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resource abundance can contribute to growth. It finds that governance determines the extent to which the growth effects of …
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We use a unique data set for 115 countries, from 2000-18, and 5-year non-overlapping averages to explore the impact of technical assitance on revenue mobilization. To the authors' knowledge this is the first such effort to determine a direct relationship between technical assistance and the...
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that happen in emerging markets. Stronger institutions, particularly better governance and more democratic systems …
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We aim to provide a broad descriptive overview of Chile's social issues, in comparison to other countries and over time, in order to place the recent social unrest in historical and international perspectives which can help prepare the ground for future policy priorities. We follow an eclectic...
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, unrest lowers confidence and raises uncertainty; however, its adverse effect on GDP can be mitigated by strong institutions …
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been low investment, held back by lack of strong and independent institutions. This paper aims to assess the major areas of … economic institutions and market development. Our analysis identifies the legal system as the area where the institutional …
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Would better state institutions increase tax collection, or would higher tax collection help improve state institutions …, the paper finds that tax capacity and state institutions cause and reinforce each other for a wide range of country groups …. The bi-directional causality results suggest that developing tax capacity and building state institutions need to go hand …
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improves income distribution in countries with weak institutions and at higher risk of conflict. Reallocating social protection …
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