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Reforming the EU Fiscal Framework:Strengthening the Fiscal Rules and Institutions

Author/Editor: Nathaniel G Arnold, Ravi Balakrishnan, Bergljot B Barkbu, Hamid R Davoodi, Andresa Lagerborg, Waikei R Lam, Paulo A Medas, Julia Otten, Louise Rabier, Christiane Roehler, Asghar Shahmoradi, Mariano Spector, Sebastian Weber, Jeromin Zettelmeyer.

Release Date:September, 2022

The EU's fiscal framework needs reform. While existing fiscal rules have had some impact in constraining deficits, they did not prevent deficits and debt ratios that have threatened the stability of more...



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Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the East African Community: An Empirical Investigation

Author/Editor: Hamid Reza Davoodi, Shiv Dixit, Gabor Pinter.

Release Date:February, 2013

Do changes in monetary policy affect inflation and output in the East African Community (EAC)? We find that (i) Monetary Transmission Mechanism (MTM) tends to be generally weak when using standard more...



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Tax Potential vs. Tax Effort : A Cross-Country Analysis of Armenia's Stubbornly Low Tax Collection

Author/Editor: David A Grigorian, Hamid Reza Davoodi.

Release Date:May, 2007

Despite recording double digit growth since 2000, Armenia's tax-to-GDP ratio has been fairly stable at about 14½ percent. This paper catalogues a range of factors that may account for Armenia's more...



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How Useful Are Benefit Incidence Analyses of Public Education and Health Spending

Author/Editor: Erwin Tiongson, Hamid Reza Davoodi, Sawitree S Asawanuchit.

Release Date:November, 2003

This paper provides a primer on benefit incidence analysis (BIA) for macroeconomists and a new data set on the benefit incidence of education and health spending covering 56 countries over 1960-2000, more...



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Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa

Author/Editor: George T Abed, Hamid R Davoodi.

Release Date:September, 2003

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an economically diverse region. Despite undertaking economic reforms in many countries, and having considerable success in avoiding crises and achieving more...



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Expenditure Issues and Governance in Central America

Author/Editor: Ana Corbacho, Hamid Reza Davoodi.

Release Date:November, 2002

This paper analyzes Central America's track record on inequality, poverty, and quality of fiscal adjustment in relation to economic growth; health and education outcomes; adequacy of social safety more...



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Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth

Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi, Hamid Reza Davoodi.

Release Date:October, 1997

Corruption, particularly political or “grand” corruption, distorts the entire decision-making process connected with public investment projects. The degree of distortions is more...



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