The domestic landscape / Michael J. Boskin -- In brief : spending / George P. Shultz -- Entitlements and the budget / John F. Cogan -- A blueprint for tax reform / Michael J. Boskin -- Transformational health care reform / Scott W. Atlas -- Reforming regulation / Michael J. Boskin -- National...

This paper examines the interplay between exchange rate regimes and policies and commercial policy in six transition economies. In all these economies the rate of protection afforded domestic industry by the exchange rate has been eroded by high rates of inflation and insufficient growth in...

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...

This report addresses two questions: To what extent does public spending mitigate or exacerbate gender inequities in welfare in developing countries? How can existing allocations of public expenditure be changed to improve gender equity in the use of services such as health and education? It...