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    Phoenix miracles in emerging markets: recovering without credit from systemic financial crises

    Bank for International Settlements, 2006
    After a financial "shock", economic activity in many emerging economies returns to pre-shock levels relatively quickly. The interesting feature of these episodes is that in many cases, although a credit crunch appears to be central for explaining output collapse, recovery can take place without credit.
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    The macro financing of natural hazards in developing countries

    World Bank, 2006
    There are many practical reasons and financial incentives for disaster-prone developing countries rely on post-disaster aid instead of proactive ex ante risk management through insurance.
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    Does the IMF cap health spending in developing countries?

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2006
    Most of the recently negotiated International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes include a ceiling which limits the opportunities for countries to utilise increasing aid, including billions of dollars for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
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    Making fiscal space happen: managing fiscal policy in a world of scaled-up aid

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    The G8 countries have committed to double aid flows to developing countries by 2010. Although these funds offer great opportunities to recipient countries, aid inflows of such magnitude pose significant macroeconomic challenges to low income countries (LIC).
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    Why are there so few black-owned firms in Africa? preliminary results from enterprise survey data

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    Much of the growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade has come from extractive industries, rather than from private, entrepreneurial activity.
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    Rethinking the governance of the International Monetary Fund

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    In response to criticisms that its governance is unrepresentative, the IMF has embarked on the second stage of reforming the formulas by which voting quotas are assigned. But will these reforms rectify the problems of the original Bretton Woods quota formulas?
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    China: toward a consumption-driven growth path

    Institute for International Economics, USA, 2006
    This policy brief discusses China’s decision to transition away from growth driven by investment and a growing global trade surplus toward one more dependent on domestic consumption is laudable.The brief argues that to date China’s initiatives have been too modest to change its underlying growth path.
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    Stock market development and economic growth

    2006
    We know that there is a relationship between stock market development and economic development, but what are the dynamics of that relationship?
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    Improving fiscal governance and curbing corruption: how relevant are autonomous audit agencies?

    Universität St. Gallen / University of St. Gallen, 2006
    This paper explores the issue of fiscal governance, particularly the external oversight of public finances. The paper argues that there are limits to approaches which emphasise institutional design and constitutional engineering for improving the performance of government auditing.
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    A guide to tax work for NGOs

    International Budget Partnership, 2006
    This guide is intended to help demystify revenue policy issues and give civil society budget groups the tools they need to influence revenue policy in the same way that they have been able to influence expenditure policy.The guide discusses revenue issues, and especially taxes such as the value-added tax and personal income tax.

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