UNU-WIDER Fiscal Policy for Development: Poverty, Reconstruction and Growth (paperback)
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Fiscal Policy for Development: Poverty, Reconstruction and Growth (paperback)
This book stands out in two ways. First, this is cutting edge research. The list of authors reads as a Who’s Who? in the field of fiscal policy analysis in developing countries and the quality of the contributions is very high. Second, the volume moves well beyond the traditional topics. Novel issues include the design of new tax systems when the state is very weak, the fiscal implications of war, assessing the impact of fiscal policy on poverty, and the effect of tax choices on economic growth.—Jan Willem Gunning, Professor, Free University, Amsterdam
Researchers and policy analysts will find this book to be an excellent basis for thinking about a number of difficult fiscal, tax, and budgetary issues facing developing economies. The readings are of high quality and relevant to current policy analysis. The papers contained in this book scream out to policy makers as to why better budgetary practices as outlined in this book are not commonly adopted throughout the world. —Jack Mintz, President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Series:
- Studies in Development Economics and Policy
- Title:
- Fiscal Policy for Development: Poverty, Reconstruction and Growth (paperback)
- Authors:
- Edited by Tony Addison and Alan Roe
- Publication date:
- May 2006
- ISBN Printed:
- 0230004997
- ISBN 13 Print:
- 9780230004993
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2006
- Keywords:
- fiscal policy, poverty, reconstruction, growth
- JEL:
- O23, H50
- Project:
- New Fiscal Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction
- Format:
- paperback book
- Fiscal policy is a core ingredient of adjustment policy in developing countries be it adjustment to liberalisation, post-conflict reconstruction or growth promotion. This volume contains an excellent collection of studies which probe all aspects of fiscal policy. It should prove to be an invaluable reference for students, researchers and analysts.' - David Greenaway, Professor, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK
- This is a very timely book. It represents the most comprehensive treatment to date of ways to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of poverty reduction, while at the same time maintaining the ongoing objectives of macro stabilization, accelerating growth and institutional reform. The prerequisites for success are many, and they are all dealt with in depth in this volume. They include the sustainability of debt, the mobilization of revenues in an efficient and fair way, the management of expenditures, the encouragement of growth through private and public investment, the targeting of poverty alleviation programs, the effective use of aid, good governance, and the avoidance of conflict. Successive chapters take stock of the lessons learned, report on new research, and catalogue where more research is needed in each of these areas. The result is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of a balanced approach to designing a poverty reduction fiscal policy programme. UNU-WIDER continues to set the agenda for development policy research for the new millennium. —Robin Boadway, Professor, Department of Economics, Queen's University, Canada