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Guaranteed Minimum Income Schemes in Europe : Landscape and Design

Coady, David P.; Jahan, Samir; Matsumoto, Riki; Shang, … - 2022

This paper provides an overview of the design of means-tested Guaranteed Minimum Income schemes, which constitute an important component of social protection systems in European countries. It discusses how key design features differ across countries, including how countries balance the primary...

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Waiting for Godot? The Case for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Small Island States

Cevik, Serhan - 2022

Global warming is the most significant threat to ecosystems and people’s health and living standards, especially in small island states in the Caribbean and elsewhere. This paper contributes to the debate by analyzing different options to scale up climate change mitigation and adaptation. In...

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Energy Subsidies and Energy Consumption — A Cross-Country Analysis

Charap, Joshua - 2014

The economic and environmental implications of energy subsidies have received renewed attention from policymakers and economists in recent years. Nevertheless there remains significant uncertainty regarding the magnitude of the impact of energy subsidies on energy consumption. In this paper we...

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The Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Reforming Fuel Subsidies in India

Anand, Rahul - 2013

Rising fuel subsidies have contributed to fiscal pressures in India. A key policy concern regarding subsidy reform is the adverse welfare impact on households, in particular poor households. This paper evaluates the fiscal and welfare implications of fuel subsidy reform in India. Fuel subsidies...

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Pandemic, Poverty, and Inequality : Evidence from India

Bhalla, Surjit; Bhasin, Karan; Virmani, Arvind - 2022

The paper presents estimates of poverty [extreme poverty PPP$1.9 and PPP$3.2] and consumption inequality in India for each of the years 2004-5 through the pandemic year 2020-21. These estimates include, for the first time, the effect of in-kind food subsides on poverty and inequality. Extreme...

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Inequality and Poverty in India : Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Response

Arbatli, Elif C.; Coppo, Mattia; Khalil, Nasser; … - 2023

Using microdata from nationally representative household and labor force surveys, we study the impact and drivers of poverty and inequality in India during the pandemic. We have three main findings. First, India has made significant progress in reducing poverty in recent decades, but the...

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Cars and the Green Transition : Challenges and Opportunities for European Workers

Celasun, Oya; Sher, Galen; Topalova, Petia B.; Zhou, Jing - 2023

Reducing transport sector emissions is an important pillar of the green transition. However, the transition to electric vehicles (EV) portends major changes in vehicle manufacturing activity, on which many livelihoods in Europe depend. Using the heterogeneity across European countries in the...

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Boosting Competitiveness to Grow Out of Debt Can Ireland Find a Way Back to its Future?

Nkusu, Mwanza - 2013

This paper investigates the prospects for Ireland to grow its economy against the backdrop of high indebtedness. The … fiscal performance. The emerging conclusion is that Ireland, which has regained cost competitiveness following the crisis … conclusion. First, external demand is an important driver of exports and also the single most important determinant of Ireland …

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Transmission of Financial Stress in Europe : The Pivotal Role of Italy and Spain, But Not Greece

González Hermosillo, Brenda - 2014

Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Portugal. The stability ofGermany is a close proxy for the resilience of the euro …

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Signaling Fiscal Regime Sustainability

Drudi, Francesco - 2006

This paper proposes a signaling model that offers a new perspective on why governments deviate from optimal tax smoothing and delay debt stabilization. In our model, dependable - but not fully credible - governments have an incentive to tighten the fiscal regime when the signaling effect on...

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