Helping countries develop : the role of fiscal policy
Title:
Helping countries develop : the role of fiscal policy
ISBN:
9781589063181
Publication Information New:
Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, c2004.
Physical Description:
xi, 528 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Fiscal policy for economic development: an overview / Fiscal policy, expenditure composition, and growth in low-income countries / Persistence of fiscal adjustments and expenditure composition in low-income countries / Growth, governance, and fiscal policy transmission channels in low-income countries / External debt, public investment and growth in low-income countries / A framework for fiscal debt sustainability analysis in low-income countries / Experience with budgetary convergence in the WAEMU / The effectiveness of government spending on education and health care in developing and transition economies / Public spending on health care and the poor / User payments for basic education in low-income countries / The efficiency of government expenditure: experiences from Africa / Tax policy in developing countries: some lessons from the 1990s and some challenges ahead / Social impact of a tax reform: the case of Ethiopia / Foreign aid and revenue response: does the composition of aid matter? / More aid: making it work for the poor / Aid and fiscal management / Foreign aid and consumption smoothing: evidence from global food aid / Fiscal consequences of armed conflict and terrorism in low- and middle-income countries / A comparison between two public expenditure management systems in Africa
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Language:
English