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The copper sector, fiscal rules, and stabilization funds in Chile: Scope and limitsFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Fiscal policy Natural resources WealthJournal Article
Tax Structures and Economic Growth: New Evidence from the Government Revenue DatasetPart of Journal Special Issue Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development
Economic growth Fiscal policy DevelopmentJournal 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 TaxationWorking Paper
Fiscal pressure of migration & horizontal fiscal inequality: Evidence from Indian experienceThis paper examines the patterns and trends in inter-state migration across Indian states and observes that migration is affected by demographic profile as well as the fiscal profile of states...
Migration Inequality DemographyWorking Paper
Toward closer cohesion of international tax statistics: The ICTD/UNU-WIDER GRD 2017The Government Revenue Dataset (GRD) was launched in September 2014 and, in the few years since, has gone on to be recognized as the go-to source for researchers and policymakers seeking cross-country data on government revenues and taxes...
Tax Fiscal policy dataWorking Paper
The copper sector, fiscal rules, and stabilization funds in Chile: Scope and limitsHistorically, Chile has been an economy dominated by mineral and agro-industrial products and subject to frequent external shocks particularly in copper prices...
Fiscal policy Natural resources WealthWorking Paper
Tax structures and economic growth: New evidence from the Government Revenue DatasetRecent work on the relationship between tax structure and economic growth has offered little reliable evidence for developing countries...
Economic growth Fiscal policy DevelopmentBlog
Will Norway’s model of Sovereign Wealth Fund work in Tanzania?: A reality check
Several countries in Africa – including Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda - have recently discovered large oil and gas or other mineral resources...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Fiscal policy Mineral industriesWorking Paper
An inquiry into the political economy of the global clean energy transition policies and Nigeria’s federal and state governments’ fiscal policiesIn order to implement clean energy transition programmes, the national and sub-national governments in Nigeria will incur some cost. In the same way, failure to implement the policies will come with some costs...
Fiscal policy Nonrenewable natural resources Renewable energy sourcesWorking Paper
Tax-benefit microsimulation modelling in Mozambique: A feasibility studyThis paper assesses the feasibility of developing a tax and benefit microsimulation model in Mozambique...
Fiscal policy Revenue TaxationBook Chapter
Gender, Economic Growth, and Development in Sub-Saharan AfricaFrom the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2...
Economic development Fiscal policy Income distributionBlog
Inequality in Latin America and the Importance of Data - An Interview with Nora Lustig
In this interview Professor Nora Lustig , Samuel Z...
Education Equality and inequality Fiscal policyJournal Article
Aid and Government Fiscal Behavior: Assessing Recent EvidencePart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid Fiscal policy Government spending policyResearch Brief
The political economy of food price policy in EgyptThe Egyptian food system has been affected by both global food markets and domestic factors...
Agriculture Fiscal policy Food industry and tradeWorking Paper
Income Inequality in Latin America: Recent Decline and Prospects for Its Further ReductionThe paper reviews the extent of the income inequality decline that took place in Latin America in 2002-10 and then focuses on the factors that may explain such decline...
Education Equality and inequality Fiscal policyWorking Paper
The Impact of Aid on Total Government Expenditures: New Evidence on FungibilityAid is said to be fungible at the aggregate level if it raises government expenditures by less than the total amount. This happens when the recipient government decreases domestic revenue, decreases net borrowing, or when aid bypasses the budget...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development) Expenditures, Public