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The Quest for the Holy Grail : Efficient and Equitable Fiscal Consolidation in India

Author/Editor: Chadi Abdallah, David Coady, Sanjeev Gupta, Emine Hanedar.

Release Date:July, 2015

Achieving fiscal consolidation without undermining growth and poverty-reduction efforts isa key policy challenge in many countries. Using India as an illustration, this paper showshow a mix of more...



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How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?

Author/Editor: David Coady, Ian W.H. Parry, Louis Sears, Baoping Shang.

Release Date:May, 2015

This paper provides a comprehensive, updated picture of energy subsidies at the global and
 regional levels. It focuses on the broad notion of post-tax energy subsidies, which arise more...



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Energy Subsidy Reform : Lessons and Implications

Author/Editor: Benedict J Clements, David Coady, Stefania Fabrizio, Sanjeev Gupta, Trevor Serge Coleridge Alleyne, Carlo A Sdralevich.

Release Date:September, 2013

Energy subsidies are aimed at protecting consumers, however, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. more...



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The Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Reforming Fuel Subsidies in India

Author/Editor: Rahul Anand, David Coady, Adil Mohommad, Vimal V Thakoor, James P Walsh.

Release Date:May, 2013

Rising fuel subsidies have contributed to fiscal pressures in India. A key policy concern regarding subsidy reform is the adverse welfare impact on households, in particular poor households. This more...



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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies

Author/Editor: Benedict J. Clements, David Coady, Frank Eich, Sanjeev Gupta, Alvar Kangur, Baoping Shang, Mauricio Soto.

Release Date:January, 2013

Pension reform is high on the policy agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies. In advanced economies the challenge is generally to contain future increases in public pension spending as more...



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Automatic Fuel Pricing Mechanisms with Price Smoothing : Design, Implementation, and Fiscal Implications

Author/Editor: David Coady, Javier Arze del Granado, Luc Eyraud, Anita Tuladhar.

Release Date:January, 2013

Many developing and emerging countries do not fully pass-through increases in international fuel prices to domestic retail prices, with adverse consequences for fuel tax revenues and tax volatility. more...



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Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy (2nd Edition)

Author/Editor: Francesca Bastagli, David Coady, Sanjeev Gupta.

Release Date:September, 2012

This note will describe recent trends in income inequality in both advanced and developing economies and how tax and expenditure policies have impacted on these trends. It will discuss how tax and more...



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Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy

Release Date:June, 2012

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are more...



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The Economics of Public Health Care Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies

Author/Editor: David Coady, Benedict J Clements, Sanjeev Gupta.

Release Date:June, 2012

Using cross-country analysis and case studies, this book provides new insights and potential policy responses for the key fiscal policy challenges that both advanced and emerging economies will be more...



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The Unequal Benefits of Fuel Subsidies : A Review of Evidence for Developing Countries

Author/Editor: David Coady, Javier Arze del Granado.

Release Date:September, 2010

This paper reviews evidence on the impact of fuel subsidy reform on household welfare in developing countries. On average, the burden of subsidy reform is neutrally distributed across income groups; more...



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