 | Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries : Do Decentralized Operations Work Better? Author/Editor: Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, Vito Tanzi. Release Date:March, 2008 There is a widespread presumption that decentralization improves public service provision. This has led to policy prescriptions that are assiduously adhered to by countries and international. This more...
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| The Role of the State and the Quality of the Public Sector Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi. Release Date:February, 2000 This paper discusses issues to be considered in designing “second generation” reforms. These reforms should focus on improving the capacity of the public sector to implement 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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| The Changing Role of the State in the Economy : A Historical Perspective Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi. Release Date:September, 1997 This paper discusses the role of the state from a historical perspective. It outlines how that role has changed over the past hundred years and discusses the forces that have promoted the changes. In more...
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| Globalization, Tax Competition and the Future of Tax Systems Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi. Release Date:December, 1996 This paper discusses the implications for tax systems of globalization of capital markets and of economies. It shows the extent to which particular taxes are affected by the globalization process. It more...
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| Fiscal Policy and Long-Run Growth Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi, Howell H Zee. Release Date:October, 1996 This paper discusses in a systematic and comprehensive way the existing literature on the relationship between the growth of countries’ economies and various public finance instruments, more...
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| Money Laundering and the International Financial System Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi. Release Date:May, 1996 The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and more...
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| The Growth of Government and the Reform of the State in Industrial Countries Author/Editor: Ludger Schuknecht, Vito Tanzi. Release Date:December, 1995 This paper describes the growth of public spending in industrial countries over the past century. It identifies several periods: the periods between 1870 and 1913; the period between the two World more...
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| Government Role and the Efficiency of Policy Instruments Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi. Release Date:October, 1995 Comparisons about the role of the government in an economy are usually made by reference to the share of tax revenue or of public expenditure in gross domestic product. However, governments often use more...
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| Human Capital Accumulation and Public Sector Growth Author/Editor: Vito Tanzi, Howell H Zee. Release Date:September, 1995 The present paper takes a fresh theoretical and empirical look into the relationship between Wagner’s law and economic development. It introduces human capital into a classic two-sector more...
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