Domestic finance
- Assessing fiscal policy options in Nigeria
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Research from the African Economic Research Consortium examines different types of fiscal policies and their implication on income distribution, poverty reduction, resource allocation and output response. It argues that sectoral targeting is the most effective tool for poverty reduction and suggests the best form this targeting could take.
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- Guidelines to maximise the value of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) performance measurement framework
- ( R. Wilson / Oxford Policy Management , 2008)
- With the increasing provision of general budget support (GBS), donors are more interested in the assessment of the recipients' public financial management (PFM) systems. Against this background, this ...
- Living long enough to be counted - poverty levels in Indian households
- ( S. Pal;R. Palacios / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- Cash transfers to the poor elderly as social pensions are one of the most important anti-poverty programmes operating in India today. In 2007, the Government of India announced that changes to eligibi...
- Supporting temporary markets to prevent excessive concentration in food retailing damaging both poor consumers and small farmers
- ( P. Moustier / Making markets work better for the poor , 2006)
- The number of supermarkets in Vietnam is increasing due to government incentives, increased urbanisation and growing purchasing power. However, for price and access reasons, street vending remains the...
- Market distortions, housing finance agencies and subsidies in Asia
- ( M. Davies;J. Gyntelberg;E. Chan / Bank for International Settlements , 2006)
- This paper examines the role of government-supported housing finance agencies in seven Asian countries - Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The nature and size of the go...
- Managed float regimes with little sterilisation deal best with aid surges
- ( C. Adam;E. Buffie;S. O'Connell / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford , 2007)
- Highly persistent shocks to aid flows such as HIPC or MDG-related increases in net flows have beneficial long-run effects. However, they produce dramatic macroeconomic management problems in the short...
- Prudential policy might prevent successful monetary policy from resulting in financial instability
- ( C.E.V. Borio;E. Shim / Bank for International Settlements , 2007)
- Since the 1990s, the world has known a phase of low and stable inflation thanks to financial liberalisation, credible anti-inflation regimes, greater independence of central banks and the globalisatio...
- Possible labour market changes in the OECD countries
- ( M. Molnar;N. Pain;D. Taglioni / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2007)
- This paper reviews some of the possible changes that may occur in the national labour markets of many OECD countries as a result of international trade and the internationalisation of production by mu...
- Heterodox policies are better suited to address lack of access to credit and inflationary pressure due to supply shocks
- ( R. Pollin;G. Epstein;J. Heintz / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2008)
- This paper explores the alternative framework for monetary and financial policies developed by Weeks and McKinley which includes expansionary fiscal policy, a managed exchange-rate regime and a moneta...
- Ways to improve the supervision of private pension systems
- ( International Organisation of Pension Supervisors , 2007)
- This series of four working papers highlights a range of challenges to be met in the development of national pension supervisory systems....
- Credit crunch Baby Boomers are robbing Peter to pay Paul
- ( House Financial Services Committee (U.S Government) , 2007)
- This is a transcript of a U.S. House of Representatives hearing that focused on credit card issues facing older consumers, causing rising levels of personal debt, especially among fixed-income older A...
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