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Inequality and fiscal redistribution in Mexico : 1992-2015
Scott, John; Rosa, Enrique de la; Balcazar, Rodrigo Aranda - 2017
This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for the principal public transfers (education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776401
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Trade tax reforms and poverty in developing countries : why do some countries benefit and others lose?
Kouwoaye, Amèvi Rocard - 2019
This paper studies the relationship between trade tax and domestic tax reforms and poverty in developing countries, and … the 1980-2016 period, I model the trade tax reforms–poverty nexus as heterogeneous across countries with cross … poverty in the countries that have consolidated, on average, over time their comparative advantage in agriculture, while it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102926
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The political economy of 'linked' progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America
Mosley, Paul; Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru - 2016
One key element in the reduction of poverty and (in Latin America) inequality has been the achievement of greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568140
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The impacts of public expenditure innovations on real exchange rate volatility in South Africa
Nuru, Naser Yenus; Gereziher, Hayelom Yrgaw - 2021
This study investigates the impacts of public expenditure innovations on exchange rate volatility in South Africa using quarterly data for the period 1970-2019. To achieve this objective, a version of the vector autoregressive impulse response model proposed by Jordà is employed and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509885
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The political economy of energy transitions and thermal energy poverty : comparing the residential LPG sectors in Indonesia and South Africa
Kruger, Johannes; Tait, Louise; Groot, Jiska de - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
Indonesia and South Africa are both trying address energy poverty through subsidized energy provision. South Africa has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477370
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The role of oil and gas in the development of the global economy
Stevens, Paul - 2016
This paper is concerned with the role of oil and gas in the development of the global economy. Its focus is on the context in which oil and gas producers in both established and developing countries must frame their policies in order to optimize the benefits of producing such resources. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582890
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Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countries : the statistical tendencies
Roe, Alan; Dodd, Samantha - 2017
This paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies. It examines the scale of the current dependence of low- and middle-income economies on both types of extractive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636214
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The boom, the bust, and the dynamics of oil resource management in Ghana
Aryeetey, Ernest; Ackah, Ishmael - 2018
Oil resources are neither a curse nor a blessing. The sound management of these resources can make them beneficial or otherwise. In order to translate Ghana's oil resources into inclusive development amid high expectations, several laws and regulations have been passed and new institutions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894318
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Enhancing local content in Uganda's oil and gas industry
Sen, Ritwika - 2018
This paper analyses policy options to promote local content in Uganda as it transitions into an oil-producing country. It contends that productive linkages between oil and gas exporters and domestic suppliers in a range of "connected" goods and services sectors can be a source of broad-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913139
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Uganda's oil : how much, when, and how will it be governed?
Wolf, Sebastian; Potluri, Vishal Aditya - 2018
We study Uganda's journey to become a petroleum producer and provide estimates regarding the size and timing of the oil revenues to be expected. At an average US$38 per capita per year over a 33-year period, oil revenue by itself will not be transformational for the Ugandan economy, but it could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962510