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6. Environmental Policies and Sustainable Development in the Arab World1 »
Source: Economic Development of the Arab Countries : Selected Issues
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 May 1993
ISBN: 9781557753328
Keywords: fdi, balance of payments, foreign investors, natural resources
Introduction Concern for the environment is as old as civilization. History abounds with examples of the wide variations in human understanding of the environment and...
6 Value-Added Tax »
Source: Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 1
Series: Books
Author(s): Victor Thuronyi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 August 1996
ISBN: 9781557755872
Keywords: inflation, vat, social security, taxation, tax administration
Not only is the VAT a fairly simple tax, but it is also probably the most popular tax in the world today. —Mark Bloomfield and Margo Thorning...
2. The Determinants of Long-Term Growth in the GCC Countries »
Source: The Macroeconomics of the Arab States of the Gulf
Series: Books
Author(s): Raphael Espinoza , Ghada Fayad , and Ananthakrishnan Prasad
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 November 2013
ISBN: 9780199683796
Keywords: oil, monetary policy, fiscal policy, expenditure, oil prices
2.1 Introduction The member countries of the GCC have changed considerably over the last thirty years. The fast development of the region has spurred the creation of new cities, the...
16 Taxation of Income from Business and Investment »
Source: Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 2
Series: Books
Author(s): Victor Thuronyi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 June 1998
ISBN: 9781557756336
Keywords: taxation, tax treaties, tax administration, tax system, tax liability
Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. —Joel Achenbach...
Appendix A. Estimating Pretax and Posttax Global Energy Subsidies »
Source: Energy Subsidy Reform : Lessons and Implications
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , David Coady , Stefania Fabrizio , Sanjeev Gupta , Trevor Alleyne , and Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 September 2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Keywords: prices, electricity, pricing, electricity sector, electricity subsidies
This appendix describes the data sources and methodologies used for the estimation of subsidies for petroleum products, coal, natural gas, and electricity. Pretax Subsidies...
Back Matter »
Source: Foreign Direct Investment Statistics : How Countries Measure FDI 2001
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 October 2003
ISBN: 9781589062207
Keywords: direct investment, fdi, investors, international standards, investment income
International standards for measuring foreign direct investment (FDI) have become important in today's global economy, where multinational enterprises exercise economic clout and FDI statistics can reflect investor...
Back Matter »
Source: Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 1
Series: Books
Author(s): Victor Thuronyi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 August 1996
ISBN: 9781557755872
Keywords: inflation, vat, social security, taxation, tax administration
Edited by Victor Thuronyi, this book offers an introduction to a broad range of issues in comparative tax law and is based on comparative discussion of the tax laws of developed countries. It presents practical mod...
Back Matter »
Source: Economic Policy and Equity
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 May 1999
ISBN: 9781557757883
Keywords: income distribution, transition economies, income inequality, distribution of income, wage
This book brings together the views not only of policymakers and academics but also of religious leaders and labor leaders from around the world- including the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Amartya Sen - who pa...
Back Matter »
Source: Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 2
Series: Books
Author(s): Victor Thuronyi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 June 1998
ISBN: 9781557756336
Keywords: taxation, tax treaties, tax administration, tax system, tax liability
A comprehensive guide to income tax legislation, this book is the second of two volumes dealing with tax legislation from a comparative law perspective. Distilled from the IMF Legal Department's extensive experienc...
Front Matter »
Source: Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 2
Series: Books
Author(s): Victor Thuronyi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 June 1998
ISBN: 9781557756336
Keywords: taxation, tax treaties, tax administration, tax system, tax liability
A comprehensive guide to income tax legislation, this book is the second of two volumes dealing with tax legislation from a comparative law perspective. Distilled from the IMF Legal Department's extensive experienc...