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  Altruism and workers' remittances: evidence from selected countries in the Middle East and Central Asia

  International Monetary Fund, 2006

  Workers’ remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. Assessing the likely stability of remittance flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities.
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  Population aging, fiscal policies, and national saving: predictions for Korean economy

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006

  This paper evaluates the effects of population ageing and fiscal policies on national savings in Korea.
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  The role of external debt in current account sustainability in Uganda 1993/94 – 2004/05

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2005

  This paper assess the sustainability of Uganda’s external debt and current account position with a view to deriving general policy implications for other African countries at a similar level of development.The author outlines a number of policies to enhance current account and external debt sustainability in Africa.
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  Using ODA to promote private investment for development: policy guidance for donors

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2006

  This report provides guidance to members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on using ODA more effectively to mobilise private investment for development (investment-enhancing ODA).
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  Governance reform and institutional change in Brazil: fiscal responsibility and tax

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper contrasts two processes of governance reform that occurred in Brazil in the 1990s, one in relation to fiscal responsibility, the other in relation to tax.
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  Is VAT the best way to impose a general consumption tax in developing countries?

  International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2006

  This paper discusses recent critical literature on Value Added Tax (VAT) in developing countries in relation to its revenue productivity, equity and impact on the development of the formal economy. Focusing on case studies from Jamaica and the Ukraine, the study concludes that - where a consumption tax is needed - VAT is the best one to have in most cases.
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  Enhancing positive corporate contributions to development: making corporate responsibility for development operational in the UNCTAD XI MTR context

  South Centre, 2006

  This briefing paper provides a discussion of the concept of corporate responsibility for development and examines existing initial initiatives in this area.
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  Evaluation of general budget support: synthesis report

  DAC Network on Development Evaluation, 2006

  OECD donor countries now channel about US$ 5 billion (some 5 per cent of their aid) directly to the budgets of developing country governments.This report reflects findings from an evaluation conducted by the OECD DAC to assess to what extent, and under what circumstances, General Budget Support (GBS) is relevant, efficient and effective for achieving sustainable impacts on poverty reduction and g
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  Tax policy reforms in Nigeria

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006

  This paper is a case study on tax policy reforms in Nigeria.
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  Auditing, accountability and anti-corruption: multilateral lending to legislative budget oversight and external auditing of public finances in Latin America

  Centro Latinoamericano de Desarrollo, 2006

  This paper reviews multilateral lending to the institutions of budget oversight and public finance accountability in Latin America, focusing on the case of the IDB. The IDB lending and technical assistance to legislative budget institutions and external audit agencies is part of its broader efforts to enhance financial management in the public sector of its borrowing countries.

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