Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 104
Cover Image
Budgets That Are More Pro-Poor and Pro-Growth
Gupta, Sanjeev; Plant, Mark; Clements, Benedict; … - In: Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique XLII (2003) 2, pp. 45-55
The paper addresses one of the key features and expectations of thePRGF: are budgets more pro-poor and pro-growth … unexpected foreign aid becomes available. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005819341
Cover Image
Direct Distribution of Resource Revenues: Worth Considering?
Gupta, Sanjeev; Segura-Ubiergo, Alex; Flores, Enrique - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Some scholars have argued that direct distribution of natural resource revenues to the population would help resource-rich countries escape the “resource curse.†This discussion note analyzes whether this proposal is a viable policy alternative for resource-rich countries. The first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123894
Cover Image
Natural Resource Endowments, Governance, and the Domestic Revenueeffort; Evidence From a Panel of Countries
Thornton, John; Bornhorst, Fabian; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
The recent development literature stresses that countries that receive large revenues from natural resource endowments typically raise less revenue from domestic taxation, and that this creates governance problems because the lower domestic tax effort reduces the incentive for the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825627
Cover Image
Front-Loaded or Back-Loaded Fiscal Adjustments; What Works in Emerging Market Economies?
Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Baldacci, Emanuele; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper investigates the political and economic determinants of successful fiscal adjustment in 25 emerging market economies from 1980 to 2001. The results show that large and back-loaded fiscal adjustments have the highest likelihood of success. Fiscal consolidations based on expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825965
Cover Image
Real and Distributive Effects of Petroleum Price Liberalization; The Case of Indonesia
Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Jung, Hong-Sang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The impact of higher petroleum prices on the aggregate price level, real growth, and income distribution is appraised …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826502
Cover Image
The Cyclical and Long-Term Behavior of Government Expenditures in Developing Countries
Inchauste, Gabriela; Akitoby, Bernardin; Clements, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
We examine the short- and long-term movements of government spending relative to output in 51 countries. We find that in the short term, the main components of government spending increase with output in about half of the sample countries, with some variation across spending categories and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826560
Cover Image
Foreign Aid and Revenue; Still a Crowding Out Effect?
Crivelli, Ernesto; Gupta, Sanjeev; Muthoora, Priscilla S.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper reexamines the relationship between aid and domestic tax revenues using a more recent and comprehensive … are negatively associated with VAT, excise and income tax revenues, but have a positive relationship with trade taxes. Aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242414
Cover Image
Restoring Debt Sustainability After Crises; Implications for the Fiscal Mix
Baldacci, Emanuele; Gupta, Sanjeev; Mulas-Granados, Carlos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
savings have been accompanied by growth-promoting measures and a supportive monetary policy stance. While these results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680272
Cover Image
Is Social Spending Procyclical?
Gupta, Sanjeev; Hajdenberg, Alejandro; Granado, Javier … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper studies the cyclical behavior of public spending on health and education in 150 countries during 1987 - 2007. It finds that spending on education and health is procyclical in developing countries and acyclical in developed countries. In addition, education and health expenditures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727788
Cover Image
Debt Reduction, Fiscal Adjustment, and Growth in Credit-Constrained Economies
Baldacci, Emanuele; Gupta, Sanjeev; Mulas-Granados, Carlos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
growth during periods of private debt deleveraging. The analysis covers 107 countries and 79 episodes of public debt … adjustments can dampen growth when there are credit supply restrictions. Instead, fiscal adjustments that are gradual and rely on …, protecting public investment is critical for medium-term growth, as is the implementation of supply-side, productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790249