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Illicit financial flows : illicit narcotics transiting West Africa

Shaw, Mark - 2019

This paper explores the flow of illicit narcotics transiting West Africa. It is divided into four sections, providing an overview of the nature and scope of the illicit narcotic economy, the networks and actors involved and its development impacts, including its resulting illicit financial...

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Illicit financial flows : illicit trade in counterfeit, pirated and substandard goods in Ghana

Lallerstedt, Karl - 2019

Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...

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Building the evidence for OECD integrity and anticorruption agenda : the current situation and avenues for future analysis

Smidova, Zuzana - 2020

Potential economic benefits of integrity and anti-corruption policies seem large. Nevertheless, much of the existing … paper reviews OECD’s involvement in integrity and anti-corruption agenda as well as available indicators of integrity and … anti-corruption policies and outcomes. It outlines avenues for future analysis that include assessment of public …

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Costa Rica : boosting productivity to sustain income convergence

Pisu, Mauro - 2016

In the latest 30 years, Costa Rica's real GDP per capita has more than doubled, driven by increasing labour utilisation. Labour productivity has instead stagnated at around 30% of the more advanced OECD countries. Productivity growth has been lacklustre despite the opening up of markets to...

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Fiscal decentralisation and income inequality : empirical evidence from OECD countries

Stossberg, Sibylle; Bartolini, David; Blöchliger, Hansjörg - 2016

This paper investigates the relationship between fiscal decentralisation and economy-wide disposable income inequality. Drawing on a dataset of up to 20 OECD countries over a period from 1996 to 2011, a regression analysis is performed, relating several indicators of national income inequality...

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Costa Rica : restoring fiscal sustainability and setting the basis for a more growthfriendly and inclusive fiscal policy

Araújo, Sónia; Guichard, Stéphanie - 2018

Consecutive years of primary deficits have led to mounting public debt of almost 50% of GDP, one of the fastest increases in Latin America over the last decade. Government attempts to restore fiscal health have been undermined by a gridlocked Congress. While only minor reforms have been enacted...

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Fiscal constitutions : an empirical assessment

Blöchliger, Hansjörg; Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw - 2015

Fiscal constitutions comprise the set of rules and frameworks guiding fiscal policy that are enshrined in a country’s fundamental laws. This paper compares the fiscal constitutions of 15 federal countries by empirically assessing five building blocks: 1) the power of sub-national governments...

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Fiscal federalism and its impact on economic activity, public investment and the performance of educational systems

Blöchliger, Hansjörg; Égert, Balázs; Leyen, Kaja von der - 2013

Intergovernmental fiscal frameworks usually reflect fundamental societal choices and history and are not foremost geared towards achieving economic policy objectives. Yet, like most institutional arrangements, fiscal relations affect the behaviour of firms, households and governments and thereby...

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Walking the tightrope : avoiding a lockdown while containing the virus

Égert, Balázs; Guillemette, Yvan; Murtin, Fabrice; … - 2020

Empirical work described in this paper explains the daily evolution of the reproduction rate, R, and mobility for a large sample of countries, in terms of containment and public health policies. This is with a view to providing insight into the appropriate policy stance as countries prepare for...

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Illicit financial flows : the role of Al Qaeda and its affiliates in the Islamic Maghreb

Kouts, Theodore - 2019

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) in West Africa have long contributed to the region’s instability, partly due to their links to regional terrorist organisations such as Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM has directly and indirectly participated in and perpetuated illicit financial...

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