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Border Carbon Adjustments: Rationale, Design and Impact

Author/Editor: Michael Keen, Ian Parry, James Roaf.

Release Date:September, 2021

This paper assesses the rationale, design, and impacts of border carbon adjustments (BCAs). Large disparities in carbon pricing between countries raise concerns about competitiveness and emissions more...



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Fintech in Europe: Promises and Threats

Author/Editor: Chikako Baba, Cristina Batog, Enrique Flores, Borja Gracia, Izabela Karpowicz, Piotr Kopyrski, James Roaf, Anna Shabunina, Rachel Elkan, Xin Cindy Xu.

Release Date:November, 2020

Europe’s high pre-existing level of financial development can partly account for the relatively smaller reach of fintech payment and lending activities compared to some other regions. But fintech more...



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EU Climate Mitigation Policy

Author/Editor: Jiaqian Chen, Maksym Chepeliev, Daniel Garcia-Macia, Dora M Iakova, James Roaf, Anna Shabunina, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, Philippe Wingender.

Release Date:September, 2020

This paper aims to contribute to the debate on the choice of policies to reach the more ambitious 2030 emission reduction goals currently under consideration. It provides an analysis of the more...



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Sectoral Policies for Climate Change Mitigation in the EU

Author/Editor: Nicolas Arregui, Ruo Chen, Christian H Ebeke, Jan-Martin Frie, Daniel Garcia-Macia, Dora M Iakova, Andreas Jobst, Louise Rabier, James Roaf, Anna Shabunina, Sebastian Weber.

Release Date:September, 2020

This paper discusses sectoral policies needed to achieve the ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets announced in the European Union’s Green Deal, complementing the companion more...



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Reassessing the Role of State-Owned Enterprises in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

Author/Editor: Christine J Richmond, Dora Benedek, Ezequiel Cabezon, Bobana Cegar, Peter Dohlman, Michelle Hassine, Beata Jajko, Piotr Kopyrski, Maksym Markevych, Jacques A Miniane, Francisco J Parodi, Gabor Pula, James Roaf, Min Kyu Song, Mariya Sviderskaya, Rima A Turk, Sebastian Weber.

Release Date:June, 2019

The Central, Eastern, and South Eastern European (CESEE) region is ripe for a reassessment of the role of the state in economic activity. The rapid income convergence with Western Europe of the early more...



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Public Infrastructure in the Western Balkans : Opportunities and Challenges

Author/Editor: Ruben V Atoyan, Dora Benedek, Ezequiel Cabezon, Giuseppe Cipollone, Jacques A Miniane, Nhu Nguyen, Martin Petri, Jens Reinke, James Roaf.

Release Date:February, 2018

An assessment of public infrastructure development in the Western Balkans. The paper quantifies the large gaps across various sectors/dimensions, evaluates current infrastructure plans, and discusses more...



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Regional Economic Issues--Special Report 25 Years of Transition: Post-Communist Europe and the IMF : Post-Communist Europe and the IMF

Release Date:October, 2014

The past 25 years have seen a dramatic transformation in Europe's former communist countries, resulting in their reintegration with the global economy, and, in most cases, major improvements in more...



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Assessing the Impact and Phasing of Multi-year Fiscal Adjustment : A General Framework

Author/Editor: Ran Bi, Haonan Qu, James Roaf.

Release Date:August, 2013

This paper provides a general framework to assess the output and debt dynamics of an economy undertaking multi-year fiscal adjustment. The framework allows country-specific assumptions about the more...



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