 | Tackling Gender Inequality: Definitions, Trends, and Policy Designs Author/Editor: Baoping Shang. Release Date:December, 2022 This paper identifies five key issues that are important for the continued efforts to tackle gender inequality: (i) gender inequality needs to be distinguished from gender gaps. Not all gender gaps more...
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| | Guaranteed Minimum Income Schemes in Europe: Landscape and Design Author/Editor: David Coady, Samir Jahan, Baoping Shang, Riki Matsumoto. Release Date:July, 2021 This paper provides an overview of the design of means-tested Guaranteed Minimum Income schemes, which constitute an important component of social protection systems in European countries. It more...
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| | The Poverty and Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing: Channels and Policy Implications Author/Editor: Baoping Shang. Release Date:June, 2021 Addressing the poverty and distributional impacts of carbon pricing reforms is critical for the success of ambitious actions in the fight against climate change. This paper uses a simple framework to more...
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| | Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Remain Large: An Update Based on Country-Level Estimates Author/Editor: David Coady, Ian Parry, Nghia-Piotr Le, Baoping Shang. Release Date:May, 2019 This paper updates estimates of fossil fuel subsidies, defined as fuel consumption times the gap between existing and efficient prices (i.e., prices warranted by supply costs, environmental costs, more...
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| | Improving the Efficiency and Equity of Public Education Spending: The Case of Moldova Author/Editor: Hui Jin, La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul, Baoping Shang. Release Date:February, 2019 This paper, using Moldova as an example, presents a systematic approach to assess the efficiency and equity of public education spending, identify sources of inefficiencies and inequality, and more...
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| | Climate Mitigation in China : Which Policies Are Most Effective? Author/Editor: Ian W H Parry, Baoping Shang, Philippe Wingender, Nate Vernon, Tarun Narasimhan. Release Date:July, 2016 For the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, China pledged to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) intensity of GDP by 60–65 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. This paper develops a practical more...
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| | What is Keeping U.S. Core Inflation Low : Insights from a Bottom-Up Approach Author/Editor: Yasser Abdih, Ravi Balakrishnan, Baoping Shang. Release Date:July, 2016 Over the past two decades, U.S. core PCE goods and services inflation have evolved differently. Against the backdrop of global concerns of low inflation, we use this trend as motivation to develop a more...
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|  | From Ambition to Execution : Policies in Support of Sustainable Development Goals Author/Editor: Stefania Fabrizio, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Catherine A. Pattillo, Adrian Peralta-Alva, Andrea Presbitero, Baoping Shang, Genevieve Verdier, Marie-Therese Camilleri, Kazuaki Washimi, Lisa Kolovich, Monique Newiak, Martin Cihak, Inci Otker, Luis-Felipe Zanna, Carol L. Baker. Release Date:September, 2015 The formal launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets the global development agenda through 2030, placing significant emphasis on promoting social and environmental sustainability 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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|  | Fiscal Policy in Latin America : Lessons and Legacies of the Global Financial Crisis Author/Editor: Oya Celasun, Francesco Grigoli, Keiko Honjo, Javier Kapsoli, Alexander Klemm, Bogdan Lissovolik, Jan Luksic, Marialuz Moreno Badia, Joana Pereira, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro, Baoping Shang, Yulia Ustyugova. Release Date:April, 2015 Latin America’s bold fiscal policy reaction to the global financial crisis was hailed as a sign that the region had finally overcome its procyclical fiscal past. However, most countries of the more...
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