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  The role of domestic debt markets in economic growth: an empirical investigation for low-income countries and emerging markets

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2007

  In this paper the authors argue that domestic debt (DD) markets play an increasingly important role in supporting economic development in developing countries.
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  Follow the money: a resource book for public expenditure tracking in Tanzania

  International Budget Partnership, 2007

  This toolkit looks at different ways in which public expenditure tracking (PET) can be carried out. The manual is targeted at local authorities and journalists, and aims to help raise awareness about PET whilst promoting accountability and transparency of local government.
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  The impact of relative prices on welfare and inequality in Brazil 1995-2005

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This paper analyses the impact of relative prices on the evolution of welfare and inequality in Brazil from 1995 to 2005. The authors argue that:
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  The extent and effects of casualisation in southern Africa: analysis of Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

  National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2006

  This study explores the extent of casualisation in the southern African region’s formal sector and its impact on workers and the economy. It is based on country studies in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Some of the conclusions include: Lesotho
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  Conditional cash transfers in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico: impacts on inequality

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This working paper examines whether Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes have had an inequality reducing effect in three Latin American countries: Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
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  The role of parliament in budgetary oversight

  Parliamentary Centre, Canada, 2007

  This document provides an overview of the role of the Cambodian Parliament (National Assembly and Senate) in budgetary oversight, and general information on the budget process. It is targeted both at parliamentarians and at government officials and academics who wish to better understand the role of parliament in budget oversight.
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  The Impact of Private Sector Growth on Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Indonesia

  SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2007

  This paper assesses the effect of public and private sector growth on poverty in Indonesia. The impact of growth in different types of economic expenditures on poverty reduction is estimated empirically using fixed capital formation growth as the proxy for the private sector and growth in government spending as the indicator of the public sector.
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  Monetary policies for an mdg-related scaling up of ODA to combat HIV/AIDS

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  What would be the effects of a surge in aid flows in developing countries? This paper discusses the best monetary policy to manage the macroeconomic effects of a Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-related scaling up of aid inflows to address the HIV and AIDS pandemic. The paper suggests that the evidence on the overvaluation effects of aid flow is thin, at best.
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  Lessons from the field: the impact of civil society budget analysis and advocacy in six countries

  International Budget Partnership, 2007

  Can civil society improve the transparency, accountability and impact of public spending? While anecdotal information has been very encouraging, there is not yet sufficient information available to answer this central question.
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  Expanding decent employment in Kenya: the role of monetary policy, inflation control, and the exchange rate

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This paper examines the current Kenyan monetary regime and evaluates the extent to which it is able to promote sustainable economic development that significantly expands decent employment opportunities.

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