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Tax Concessions and Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union »
Source: Tax Concessions and Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
Volume/Issue: 2008/257
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Jingqing Chai , and Rishi Goyal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2008
ISBN: 9781451871159
Keywords: Concessions, Incentives, ECCU, fdi, tax incentives, direct investment,
Tax concessions have been employed as a central component of the development strategy in the small island states comprising the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. This paper compares the costs of concessions in term...
Algeria: Selected Issues »
Source: Algeria : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2005/52
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 February 2005
ISBN: 9781451811476
Keywords: revenues, budget, financial assets, deficit, debt
This Selected Issues paper on Algeria reports that the authorities have relied on an expansionary fiscal stance to stimulate growth and employment, but structural reforms have virtually stalled. Although the econom...
Republic of Congo »
Source: Republic of Congo : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Volume/Issue: 2012/242
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 August 2012
ISBN: 9781475505986
Keywords: urban development, business climate, drinking water, land reform, social welfare, Congo,
The government of the Republic of Congo launched a program aimed at consolidating peace and promoting economic and social development. The objectives included improvement of governance and consolidation of peace an...
Benin Benin: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix »
Source: Benin : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 2008/84
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 March 2008
ISBN: 9781451803525
Keywords: public investment, commercial banks, foreign investment, international trade
The strategy adopted by Benin to strengthen its macroeconomic stability and promote private-investment-led growth has been detailed in the note. The statistical data on gross domestic product by sector of origin at...
The Effect of Capital Controlson Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Under Country Risk with Intangible Assets »
Source: The Effect of Capital Controlson Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Under Country Risk with Intangible Assets
Volume/Issue: 2007/79
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kinga Elo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2007
ISBN: 9781451866438
Keywords: Foreign direct investments, decisions under uncertainty, fdi, capital control, direct investment, foreign direct investment, General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation, Corporate Finance and Governance: Government Policy and Regulation,
This paper examines how capital controls affect FDI decisions and how the impact of these restrictive measures varies with different levels of country risk. We construct a model of firms' FDI decisions, broadly in...
Senegal »
Source: Senegal : Background Papers and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 1995/71
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 July 1995
ISBN: 9781451833829
Keywords: terms of trade, debt, external debt, interest, domestic savings
This Background Paper and Statistical Appendix examines the factors that may have accounted for Senegal's growth, savings, and investment performance, focusing in particular on the response to adjustment policies s...
The Impact of Economic Securityon Bank Deposits and Investment1 »
Source: The Impact of Economic Securityon Bank Deposits and Investment
Volume/Issue: 1998/98
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Michael Fabricius
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 1998
ISBN: 9781451852110
Keywords: Economic Security, Institutions, Bank Deposits, institutional variables, correlation, explanatory power, institutional quality, standard deviation
This paper highlights the importance of institutions in explaining the variation of investment rates and of two measures of bank deposits across countries. A general index of economic security is created for 130 co...
Financial Intermediation Costs in Low-Income Countries »
Source: Financial Intermediation Costs in Low-Income Countries : The Role of Regulatory, Institutional, and Macroeconomic Factors
Volume/Issue: 2012/140
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Tigran Poghosyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2012
ISBN: 9781475503937
Keywords: Net Interest Margins, Low Income Countries, Emerging Economies, market concentration, banking, net interest margin, competition, bank entry
We analyze factors driving persistently higher financial intermediation costs in low-income countries (LICs) relative to emerging market (EMs) country comparators. Using the net interest margin as a proxy for finan...
Taxation of Petroleum Products »
Source: Taxation of Petroleum Products : Theory and Empirical Evidence
Volume/Issue: 1994/32
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Poonam Gupta , and Walter Mahler
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1994
ISBN: 9781451979756
Keywords: petroleum products, fuel oil, automotive diesel, heavy fuel oil, petroleum prices
The domestic taxation of petroleum products is an important source of revenue in most countries. However, there is a wide variation of tax rates on petroleum products across countries, which cannot be explained by...
Technical Assistanceon Tax Policy: A Review »
Source: Technical Assistanceon Tax Policy : A Review
Volume/Issue: 1993/65
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 1993
ISBN: 9781451848625
Keywords: tax reform, tax systems, consumption taxes, tax reforms
This paper reviews recent experience of technical assistance on tax policy provided by the Fiscal Affairs Department to a selected but diversified group of countries that differ both in their geographical locations...