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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...

1 Sustaining and Broadening the Growth Momentum »
Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2008 : MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Keywords: Debt, Oil, Global Monitoring Report, Sustainable development, environment, climate change, environmental sustainability, health care, malnutrition
Following a long uninterrupted period of strong global expansion, world economic growth has begun to moderate in response to the continuing financial market turbulence that started in August 2007. Although d...

7 Global Environmental Sustainability: Protecting the Commons »
Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2008 : MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Keywords: Debt, Oil, Global Monitoring Report, Sustainable development, environment, climate change, environmental sustainability, health care, malnutrition
Sustainable management of global environmental resources—the earth’s climate, ocean fisheries, and biodiversity—is essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and...

Overview »
Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2008 : MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Keywords: Debt, Oil, Global Monitoring Report, Sustainable development, environment, climate change, environmental sustainability, health care, malnutrition
Declaring a “development emergency,” a host of world leaders meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2008 issued an MDG Call to Action to help the world get back on track to meet...

II Economic Impact of U.S. Budget Policies »
Source: U.S. Fiscal Policies and Priorities for Long-Run Sustainability
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Martin Mühleisen , and Christopher Towe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 January 2004
ISBN: 9781589062955
Keywords: Economic growth, medicare, tax cuts, health care, public debt, fiscal policy
The U.S. fiscal position has deteriorated significantly in recent years. In 2000, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected surpluses in the range of 3 percent of GDP for the next 10 years and for the...

STATISTICAL APPENDIX »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
The Statistical Appendix presents historical data, as well as projections. It comprises five sections: Assumptions, What’s New, Data and Conventions, Classification of Countries, and Statistical Tables....

6 Ensuring Environmental Sustainability at the National Level »
Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2008 : MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Keywords: Debt, Oil, Global Monitoring Report, Sustainable development, environment, climate change, environmental sustainability, health care, malnutrition
Achieving environmental sustainability underpins progress on many of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). If forests are lost, soils degraded, fisheries depleted, waters polluted...

CHAPTER 2. COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
United States and Canada: How Long Will the Slowdown Last? The U.S. economy slowed markedly to grow 2.2 percent in 2007, down from almost 3 percent in 2006 (Table 2.1). The pace of a...

Chapter 5. GLOBALIZATION, COMMODITY PRICES, AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
Over the past couple of decades, and in particular over the past few years, many developing and emerging economies have become steadily more integrated into the world economy. International trade, in both ma...

4 Harnessing Trade for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth »
Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2008 : MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Keywords: Debt, Oil, Global Monitoring Report, Sustainable development, environment, climate change, environmental sustainability, health care, malnutrition
World trade has been expanding rapidly, and trends in trade policy have continued to be in the direction of fewer barriers to trade. 1...