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A Primeron Mineral Taxation »
Source: A Primeron Mineral Taxation
Volume/Issue: 2001/139
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Thomas Baunsgaard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2001
ISBN: 9781451856040
Keywords: mineral tax, mining and petroleum, mineral extraction, rate of return, tax system, fiscal stability, tax rate,
The paper discusses options available to tax mineral extraction projects particularly in developing countries. A desirable government share of the economic rent generated from mineral extraction can be achieved thr...
Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending »
Source: Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending : Theory and Evidence
Volume/Issue: 2015/101
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Christian Ebeke , and Constant Lonkeng Ngouana
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 May 2015
ISBN: 9781475580747
Keywords: Energy subsidies, Public social spending, Causality, subsidy, tax, energy subsidy, Cross-Sectional Models, Single Equation Models: Single Variables: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation, Causality.,
This paper shows that high energy subsidies and low public social spending can emerge as an equilibrium outcome of a political game between the elite and the middle-class when the provision of public goods is subje...
II The Setting for Adjustment: Initial Positions and Global Environment »
Source: IMF Conditionality : Experience Under Stand-by and Extended Arrangements, Part I: Key Issues and Findings
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Louis Dicks-Mireaux , Miguel Savastano , Adam Bennett , María Carkovic S. , Mauro Mecagni , James John , and Susan Schadler
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 September 1995
ISBN: 9781557754929
Keywords: inflation, terms of trade, capital inflows, exchange rate, real interest rates
Almost without exception, the initial positions of the countries under review were dire. Most were suffering the effects of long-standing institutional and structural weaknesses, fiscal excesses, and deficie...
14 Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of Economic Policies and Corruption »
Source: Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Series: Books
Author(s): Sanjeev Gupta , and George Abed
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 2002
ISBN: 9781589061163
Keywords: decentralization, military spending, military, tax revenue, government expenditure
I. Introduction Large fiscal deficits have been a daunting problem for a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the past several years. Rapid expansions in expenditure and de...
Anexo II. Evolución reciente de los mercados de productos primarios »
Source: Perspectivas de la economía mundial, mayo de 1998 : Estudio realizado por los funcionarios del Fondo Monetario Internacional
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 May 1998
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781557757425
Desde mediados de 1997 —es decir, inmediatamente antes del inicio de la crisis de los mercados financieros y cambiarios de Tailandia— los precios del grupo de productos primarios han caído más de un 10%...
CHAPTER 14 Long-Term Fiscal Developments and IMF Conditionality: Is There a Link? »
Source: IMF-Supported Programs : Recent Staff Research
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Alessandro Rebucci , and Ashoka Mody
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 April 2006
ISBN: 9781589063617
Keywords: International Monetary Fund, current account, capital flows, private capital, private capital flows, conditionality
Introduction What determines the composition of fiscal adjustment, and does it differ between countries with IMF-supported programs and those without such arrangements? Moreover, how...
VI The Postwar Economic Achievement »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 1994
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 October 1994
ISBN: 9781557753854
Keywords: capital inflows, inflation, commodity prices, monetary policy, capital flows
Anniversaries are always a time for reflection on the past and future, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference, which in July 1944 created the framework for international economic relati...
CHAPTER 2 IMF Programs and Growth: Is Optimism Defensible? »
Source: IMF-Supported Programs : Recent Staff Research
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Alessandro Rebucci , and Ashoka Mody
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 April 2006
ISBN: 9781589063617
Keywords: International Monetary Fund, current account, capital flows, private capital, private capital flows, conditionality
Introduction IMF-supported programs are often described by those on the left as creating hardships on the population because they are said to be “too tight” (Stiglitz, 2002). Those o...
12 Corruption and Military Spending »
Source: Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Series: Books
Author(s): Sanjeev Gupta , and George Abed
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 2002
ISBN: 9781589061163
Keywords: decentralization, military spending, military, tax revenue, government expenditure
1. Introduction In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to understanding the reasons for, and economic consequences of, corruption. The existing literature can be divi...
Apéndice estadístico »
Source: Perspectivas de la economía mundial, mayo de 1998 : Estudio realizado por los funcionarios del Fondo Monetario Internacional
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 May 1998
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781557757425
El apéndice estadístico presenta datos históricos y proyecciones. Se divide en cuatro secciones: Supuestos, Datos y convenciones, Clasificación de los países y Cuadros estadísticos. En la primera se...