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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theoretically describe the role of Zakah as a vital tool of fiscal policy in achieving Pareto optimality. Design/methodology/approach – The paper sets a general equilibrium model that describes the long‐run convergence to a Pareto optimal...
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government finance is growth-reducing but deflationary. From a welfare perspective, the least distortionary way of financing an …
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Ghana's development path, although registering past successes, faces a series of current and future challenges. Ghana succeeded inhalving its poverty rate between 1991 and 2016, from 87 percent (US$3.65 per day in 2017 purchasing power parity [PPP]) to about 50 percent of the population,...
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Eswatini's fundamental policy challenge is to address the longstanding factors that have constrained growth and hindered broad-based improvements in living standards. Given the state's significant role in the economy, the build-up of macro imbalances, and slow improvements in social indicators,...
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The Subnational public finance report is the first in a series of World Bank reports that analyze local and regional …
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and exchange rate stability, bolstering economic growth and job creation. This public finance review (PFR) examines …
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institutions -- 4 The evolving and enduring role of finance ministries -- 5 The evolution of budgeting practices -- 6. Evolution of … and practice across diverse countries. I commend it to political leaderships, finance ministries, practitioners … Richard Allen is a senior consultant and global adviser on public finance. He has advised finance ministers and governments in …
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