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Bhambhri, Chandra Prakash; Chander, Parkash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

This paper presents a general framework for characterizing the optimal pattern of subsidies for poverty alleviation … under budgetary constraints and suggests possible reforms for the existing pattern of subsidies. The government may …

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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 within a multisector computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. A reduction in the government subsidy raises petroleum prices and production costs throughout the economy....

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Fuel Price Subsidies in Gabon; Fiscal Cost and Distributional Impact

Leigh, Daniel; El-Said, Moataz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper looks at the fiscal cost and distributional impact of implicit fuel price subsidies in Gabon, where fuel … fiscal cost of the subsidies at 3.2 percent of non-oil GDP in 2005-more than total public health expenditures. We also … analyze the distribution of the subsidies using household survey data and find that the bulk of the subsidies benefit higher …

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Republic of Congo: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

remained about 20 percent of non-oil GDP, compared with overall fuel subsidies of about 8.3 percent of non-oil GDP. The fuel …

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France; Lessons From Past Fiscal Consolidation Plans

Martin, Edouard; Yakadina, Irina; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper analyzes past fiscal consolidation plans and their outcomes in France. It covers the early attempts at fiscal consolidation in the 1970s and the 1980s (Plan Barre and Virage de la Rigueur), the first episode of medium-term fiscal consolidation in 1994-97 ahead of joining the European...

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Malaysia: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Selected Issues paper on Malaysia highlights quantitative assessment of additional measures required during the medium term to achieve fiscal targets. The authorities aim to lower the budget deficit to about 3 percent of GDP by 2015, down from 4.0 percent in 2013, and to balance the budget...

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