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Source: Central America : Economic Progress and Reforms
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Dominique Desruelle , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 November 2008
ISBN: 9781589067653
Keywords: customs, social spending, common, customs union, capital markets
Central America has made substantial progress in recent years in moving economic reforms forward and deepening regional and global integration. As result of these efforts, the region has experienced higher growth,...
chapter 4 Equity and Fiscal Policy: Income Distribution Effects of Taxation and Social Spending »
Chapter
Source: Central America : Economic Progress and Reforms
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Dominique Desruelle , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 November 2008
ISBN: 9781589067653
Keywords: customs, social spending, common, customs union, capital markets
Introduction Central America’s high levels of poverty and income inequality place the distributional effects of fiscal policy at the center of policy dialogue. Central American gover...
chapter 6 Financial Sector Development: Equity and Private Debt Markets1 »
Chapter
Source: Central America : Economic Progress and Reforms
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Dominique Desruelle , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 November 2008
ISBN: 9781589067653
Keywords: customs, social spending, common, customs union, capital markets
Introduction Banks and their affiliates dominate the financial system. While growing rapidly, financial intermediation in Central America continues to take place mainly through the b...