Search Results - subject:"Government Employment"

The Role of Fiscal Transparency in Sustaining Stability and Growth in Latin America

Parry, Taryn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Latin America has experienced a resurgence in growth in recent years. However, it is also a region that has been prone to crises while growth has not delivered a significant reduction in poverty and inequality. Maintaining a strong and stable macroeconomic performance in Latin America will...

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Lessons from Successful Labor Market Reformers in Europe

Annett, Anthony - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Welfare states can be reformed successfully, and popular support for reforms can be maintained. But this requires an internally consistent package of labor market, fiscal, and product market reforms, including some kind of buy-in, through, for example, tax cuts. Empirical analysis combined with...

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Why Has Unemployment in Algeria Been Higher Than in Mena and Transition Countries

Kpodar, Kangni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper analyzes the determinants of labor market performance in Algeria. When the model is estimated with panel data on a sample of MENA and transition countries for 1995- 2005, the results suggest that lower growth in labor productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than...

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Niger; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: 2004 Status Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper discusses key findings of the 2004 Status Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Niger. The report assesses economic and financial performance, as well as progress in implementing sectoral policies and strategies in 2004. Analysis of the economic and financial situation...

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Aid Scaling Up; Do Wage Bill Ceilings Stand in the Way?

Fedelino, Annalisa; Schwartz, Gerd; Verhoeven, Marijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper assesses whether the scaling up of aid and the resulting increase in government spending that is needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would be hampered by wage bill ceilings that are often part of government programs supported by the IMF's Poverty Reduction and...

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Federated States of Micronesia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper on the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) underlies economic development. Since independence, the FSM has been heavily dependent on assistance from the United States. With government expenditure of more than 60 percent of GDP, the private sector remains...

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Morocco; Report on Observance of Standards and Codes: Fiscal Transparency Module

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This report evaluates Moroccoâ€™s fiscal transparency practices and assesses compliance with the IMFâ€™s Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency. Moroccoâ€™s fiscal management system, which remains highly centralized, is essentially reliable and supported by legal...

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The International Effects of Government Spending Composition

Ganelli, Giovanni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

government employment is an important component of public spending, the debate on the effects of fiscal policy focuses almost … exclusively on shocks to non-wage government consumption. We incorporate the distinction between spending for government … employment and spending for non-wage government consumption in a "new open economy macroeconomics" model. Our results show that a …

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Republic of Moldova; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codesâ€”Fiscal Transparency Module

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This report assesses the Observance of Standards and Codes on Fiscal Transparency for Moldova. Moldova has made progress in recent years in improving fiscal transparency, and meets the Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency in some areas. However, shortcomings remain in several areas, and...

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Ghana; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codesâ€”Fiscal Transparency Module

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Fiscal Transparency Module on Ghana highlights a fiscal transparency module. Ghana meets the standards of the fiscal transparency code in several areas. In spite of the progress, the transparency of fiscal activities still falls short of...

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