This is the fourth in the series of ten good practice notes under the Energy Sector Reform Assessment Framework (ESRAF), an initiative of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank. ESRAF proposes a guide to analyzing energy subsidies, the impacts of subsidies and...

The impacts of using export taxes as a price control in a multi-market framework are explored using the cotton and yarn sectors in Pakistan as examples. Results show that the export tax on cotton increased domestic consumption and decreased exports of cotton in Pakistan, transferring income from...

The impact of macroeconomic management (monetary policy) and administrative price adjustments on price variability in a low inflation economy characterized by relatively frequent administrative price adjustments is examined. Fluctuations of market determined prices, prices of agricultural goods...

COVER -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART-I -- GAPS IN HISTORICAL STATISTICS -- NET DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT FOR THE PERIOD 1861-62 TO 1899-1900 -- ESTIMATION OF MONEY STOCK SERIES -- THE RUPEE CENSUS -- TIME SERIES OF MACRO ECONOMIC VARIABLES -- PART-II -- THE INDIAN ECONOMY...