The recent development literature stresses that countries that receive large revenues from natural resource endowments typically raise less revenue from domestic taxation, and that this creates governance problems because the lower domestic tax effort reduces the incentive for the public...

We compare and contrast the economic growth performance of Estonia and Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 in an attempt to understand better the extent to which the growth differential between the two countries can be traced to increased efficiency in the use of capital and...

This paper examines the effects of IMF financial assistance on economic governance in developing countries, based on panel data analyses of perceived governance indicators. It uses a two-stage approach to address possible endogeneity issues. The results show that successful implementation of IMF...

The recent development literature stresses that countries that receive large revenues from natural resource endowments typically raise less revenue from domestic taxation, and that this creates governance problems because the lower domestic tax effort reduces the incentive for the public...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. A CROSS-SECTIONAL LOOK AT CENTRAL BANK ACCOUNTS -- III. SOURCES AND USES OF SEIGNIORAGE -- IV. WHAT DETERMINES CENTRAL BANKS' OPERATING EXPENDITURES? -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- SAMPLE COUNTRIES -- NOTATION -- VALUATION ADJUSTMENTS -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND GOVERNANCE IN BOTSWANA -- III. METHODOLOGY -- IV. EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- V. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- VI. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.