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A Primeron Mineral Taxation »
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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...

II The Setting for Adjustment: Initial Positions and Global Environment »
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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...