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In an environment with extensive corruption where much of the population evades paying their full taxes due, we tackle the question of optimal taxation when constituencies with conflicting objectives (the poor and the rich) push tax policy in different directions. We think in terms of a government...
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– A review of methods and evidence
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) constitute a major challenge for development in low-income countries, as domestic resource mobilization is imperative for providing crucial public services. This study focuses exclusively on the economic dimension of IFFs, thereby excluding topics as drugs trade, money...
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– Do urban agglomeration economies matter?
The effects of a rural roads programme depend on labour mobility, how the programme is financed, and agglomera-tion economies. If financed by a rural poll tax and cross-price effects and agglomeration economies are sufficiently small, the wage will rise, with some return migration. Taxes on trade...
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In recent years, academic studies have been converging towards the view that foreign aid promotes aggregate economic growth. We employ a simulation approach to: (i) validate the coherence of empirical aid-growth studies published since 2008; and (ii) calculate plausible ranges for the rate of return...
This is an introduction to the UNU-WIDER special issue of World Development on aid policy and the macroeconomic management of aid. We provide an overview of the 10 studies, grouping them under three sub-themes: the aid–growth relationship; the supply-side of aid (including its level, volatility, and...
Journal Article
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– A Political Economy Model
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
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– Addressing Heterogeneity, Trends, and Dynamics
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
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– Assessing Recent Evidence
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
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– Another Time-Series Perspective
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
– The Role of the Exchange Rate Regime
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
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