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natural resources rents may reduce incentives to invest in fiscal capacity. However, political institutions that limit rulers … mainly through institutions that make the tax system accountable and transparent. Thus it is possible to develop both fiscal …
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. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and …
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institutions and policies - to serve as a teaser. It concludes with some brief reflections on Asia’s future prospects over the next …
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Countries need capacity for a variety of reasons, including sustaining economic growth, generating jobs, reducing poverty, effectively managing development programmes, and transforming societies and economies. A lot of effort has been expended to develop capacity in Africa with mixed results....
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several country-specific characteristics, including the quality of institutions. …
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institutions, natural resource rents cease to have a negative impact on long-term growth. Institutions in resource-based economies …
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Indonesia and South Africa are both trying address energy poverty through subsidized energy provision. South Africa has implemented one of the largest electrification programmes in the world, and 80 per cent of the population now have access to the national grid. But this alone is unlikely to...
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This paper studies the legacies of wartime institutions, measured as rebelocracy, on the ability of households to cope …
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domestic institutions and procedures. Despite widespread agreement among both donor and recipient countries on this issue, we … government institutions while channeling aid and the impact of such practices on aid effectiveness in Africa. Based on an … Project Management Units are among the mechanisms used to circumvent the involvement of national institutions. We conclude …
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There is scant analysis on the causal relationship between fiscal capacity and social protection expenditure in the developing world. We investigate the causal relationship between fiscal capacity of the state and social protection expenditure, hypothesizing that fiscal capacity is necessary but...
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