Meeting government revenue needs without inhibiting private sector development is a key challenge of tax policy during the transition from the socialist system. The paper explores issues in the design of tax bases and tax structures in the transition and argues that transition economies would...

This paper reviews the key challenges in rebuilding fiscal institutions in post-conflict countries. Based on IMF technical assistance advice, it proposes a three-step framework for the creation or re-establishment of well-functioning public finance institutions: (i) creating a proper legal...

Dentro de los casos más recientes de transición a regímenes de flotación del tipo de cambio, el caso brasileño por su cercanía geográfica e intensidad de la relación bilateral, así como el éxito obtenido en términos de baja inflación en los precios al consumidor, relativa estabilidad...

This paper shows how to shadow price partially traded goods following the standard rules of cost-benefit analysis, i.e. identifying the individuals affected, measuring their corresponding compensating variations, and aggregating those measures according to a distributional value judgement. The...

El presente documento analiza los principales aspectos de la delegación de facultades al Jefe de Gabinete de Ministros (JGM) en relación al gasto público contenidas en el Proyecto de Ley de Presupuesto 2005 remitido por el Poder Ejecutivo al Congreso de la Nación y su impacto sobre el...

Central government matching grants can, in principle, induce socially- efficient provision of local public goods that produce spillover benefits. Local underprovision of public goods may however elicit direct central-government provision and finance (a ``bailout") that makes local residents...

A basic income is an income granted unconditionally to all on an individual basis, without a means test or work requirement. It is a type of minimum income guarantee that differs from those that now exist in various European countries. Considered in its pure form, a basic in-come is paid (1) to...

In Nigeria gone are the days when public enterprises were the beacons of the economy due to the perennial low productivity, which is now a tag on them with its resultant ramshackle efficiency. In order to boost the economy a new wind is blowing amongst the developing countries of the world and...

To what extent has government education spending in Pakistan been effective in reducing gender gaps in enrollments? To answer this question, this article reviews the benefit incidence of government education spending. It finds that government subsidies directed towards primary education are pro...