 | What Sustains Fiscal Consolidations in Emerging Market Countries? Author/Editor: Benedict J Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, Erwin Tiongson, Emanuele Baldacci. Release Date:November, 2003 This paper examines the factors affecting the persistence of fiscal consolidation in 25 emerging market countries during 1980-2001. It proposes a new approach for defining spells of fiscal 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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| Foreign Aid and Revenue Response : Does the Composition of Aid Matter? Author/Editor: Alexander Pivovarsky, Benedict J Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, Erwin Tiongson. Release Date:September, 2003 This paper examines the revenue response to inflows of foreign aid in 107 countries during the period 1970–2000, In particular, it investigates whether the impact of aid on the revenue more...
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| Foreign Aid and Consumption Smoothing : Evidence From Global Food Aid Author/Editor: Erwin Tiongson, Benedict J Clements, Sanjeev Gupta. Release Date:February, 2003 Global food aid is considered a critical consumption smoothing mechanism in many countries. However, its record of stabilizing consumption has been mixed. This paper examines the cyclical properties more...
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| Public Spending on Health Care and the Poor Author/Editor: Marijn Verhoeven, Sanjeev Gupta, Erwin Tiongson. Release Date:September, 2001 This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor's health status in over 70 countries. It provides evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that more...
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