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Introduction: Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic DevelopmentPart of Journal Special Issue Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development
tax policy Economic development Developing countriesJournal Special Issue
Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic DevelopmentThis journal presents a synopsis of the contextual conditions, factors and challenges under which the recent evolution of tax systems has taken place, as an introduction to this United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Rese...
Fiscal policy Economic development TaxationJournal Article
The Effects of the Value-Added Tax on Revenue and InequalityThis paper examines the impact of the introduction of the value-added tax on inequality and government revenues using newly released macro data...
Economic development Equality and inequality TaxationJournal Article
Exploring regional and gender disparities in Beninese primary school attendance: A multilevel approachDHS data is combined with school supply statistics to study primary school attendance in the 2005–06 school year in Benin, a country that has seen almost unparalleled increases in attendance since the 1990s...
Economic development Demand for schooling AfricaWorking Paper
What determines administrative capacity in developing countries?While it is recognized that effective state institutions are pivotal for economic development, it is not well understood what their origins are and what explains their cross-country differences...
state capacity Administrative capacity Public finance managementWorking Paper
Fiscal policy, state building and economic developmentThis paper presents a synopsis of the contextual conditions, factors and challenges under which the recent evolution of tax systems has taken place over the past three decades...
tax policy Economic development Developing countriesBlog
Income generation and malaria in UgandaSeveral large-scale efforts have been made to combat malaria in the last decade under the Millennium Development Goals, and while these have led to a rapid decline in cases, malaria continues to exact a heavy toll on sub-Saharan Africa, both in terms...
Administrative law Agriculture Economic developmentWorking Paper
Educational inequality in MozambiqueIn very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest...
Education Economic development InequalityWorking Paper
Development and poverty in sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper puts sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development into perspective...
Sub-Saharan Africa Economic development TransformationBook Chapter
BrazilFrom the book: Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
Economic development Income distribution Labor marketWorking Paper
Career dynamics and gender gaps among employees in the microfinance sectorWhile microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level evidence on gender differences among MFI employees and MFIs’ relation to economic development...
gender gaps Job mobility PromotionWorking Paper
Exploring regional and gender disparities in Beninese primary school attendance: A multilevel approachThis study combines household survey data from the Beninese Demographic and Health Survey with school supply statistics in order to investigate regional and gender disparities in primary school attendance rates in Benin...
Economic development Demand for schooling AfricaBook
Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam (in Vietnamese): A Rising Dragon on the MoveGiới thiệu Việt Nam là một nước đông dân ở khu vực Đông Nam Á với lịch sử lâu đời và đặc trưng về kinh tế, chính trị và xã hội.2 Sau khi kết thúc chiến tranh với Hoa Kỳ năm 1975...
Growth Structural transformation Rural developmentBlog
How big supermarket chains in southern Africa keep out small suppliers
A shopper prepares to pay at an informal shop in Soweto, South Africa. Smaller retailers are struggling to grow. Supermarkets are a key route to market for many suppliers of food and household consumable products...
Supermarkets Growth Economic developmentPolicy Brief
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Structural Transformation, Biased Technological Change and Employment in VietnamEmployment in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia has grown more slowly than GDP over the last several decades. This means GDP per capita is rising...
Economic development Economic growth Labor