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Traditionally, governments seek to mobilize tax revenues by expanding their enforcement of existing tax regimes and facilitating tax payments. However, enforcement and facilitation can be costly and produce diminishing marginal returns if citizens are unwilling to pay their taxes. This paper...
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Ethiopia has achieved sustained high growth for more than a decade. At the same time, the country has been facing … the appreciation of the dollar, thereby making Ethiopia's competitiveness and industrialization drive more difficult. In … analysis suggests that Ethiopia needs a more flexible exchange rate policy. A competitive or undervalued exchange rate is …
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In the past 10 years, Ethiopia experienced high and consistent growth, invested in public goods provision to poor …
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"An AIDS epidemic threatens Ethiopia with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback … possible in view of Ethiopia's poverty and high background adult mortality, it does cause a permanent, downward displacement of …
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performance of democracy is rather independent of the circumstances. However, democracy leads to more redistribution in favor of …
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"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be … economic institutions. The results provide robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms …
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