This study analyses fiscal federalism in Nigeria. Specifically, the report presents an historical account of fiscal federalism in the economy, highlighting significant episodes as well as drawing out implications for overall fiscal performance. Furthermore, it attemps to highlight some issues of...

This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model consistent with stylized facts about Cameroon to assess the impact of the 1994 regional fiscal reform. Two main elements characterize this model: it accounts for the asymmetric impact with trading partners and the dualism on product and...

Cameroon has experienced periods of economic growth and decline. During the growth period, public expenditures increased the size of the public sector. The decline period, which started in 1986, has been characterized by government expenditures that outstripped revenues. This study analyzes the...

This paper is structured as follows : First, we outline the problem of fiscal policy and growth in Cote d'Ivoire. Second, we describe the critical economic and fiscal sequence of events in the country from 1970 to 1989. This lets us build up a comprehensive model that allows a discussion of the...

This paper analyses the effects of inflation on Ivoiran fiscal variables by using the Aghevli-Khan model (1978) to estimate the time required for a change in the consumer price index to be fully reflected in the variables.

The problem of this study is to evaluate tax reforms as instruments for raising tax yield in Malawi. The study tests two hypotheses: that the yield of the tax system as a whole, of its major components and of individual taxes, is not buoyant; and that the yield of the tax system as a whole, of...

The study documented agricultural policies through the period 1970-1993; implementation deviation for ten agricultural policy variables, eight of which are fiscal and two monetary; and identified discontinuities in agricultural policies. In addition, it computed volatility measures for ten...

The present study uses a computable general equilibrium model to analyse and compare the impact of the fiscal reform proposed in the central African customs and economic union, within the framework of trade liberalization, on the economic performances and welfare of the population of Cameroon...