Control over natural resource revenues is a contentious, politically divisive issue in most developing countries-especially for oil production. A typical policy response of the center in such cases has been to introduce revenue sharing arrangements. Such measures have generally not assuaged the...

Untersucht werden Systeme sozialer Sicherheit in Industrieländern und deren Relevanz bzw. Übertragbarkeit auf Entwicklungsländer. Soziale Sicherheit wird als Ziel beschrieben, mit öffentlichen Mitteln und Aktivitäten eine Verschlechterung des Lebensstandards sozial schwacher...

An improvement in the quality of public expenditures is needed in many countries, given binding macroeconomic and fiscal constraints, and poverty reduction and distributional objectives. This process involves a reassessment of methodology used for this purpose by countries and international...

An improvement in the quality of public expenditures is needed in many countries, given binding macroeconomic and fiscal constraints, and poverty reduction and distributional objectives. This process involves a reassessment of methodology used for this purpose by countries and international...