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Strengthening Public Expenditure Efficiency: Investment and Social Spending in Bulgaria

Author/Editor: Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Keyra Primus.

Release Date:May, 2022

The scope for increasing public spending to meet Bulgaria's development needs is limited by low revenue. Increasing the efficiency of spending is, therefore, crucial. This paper discusses how this more...



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European Labor Markets and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fallout and the Path Ahead

Author/Editor: Sakai Ando, Ravi Balakrishnan, Bertrand Gruss, Jean-Jacques Hallaert, La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul, Koralai Kirabaeva, Nir Klein, Ana Lariau, Lucy Qian Liu, Davide Malacrino, Haonan Qu, Alexandra Solovyeva.

Release Date:March, 2022

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused by far the largest shock to European economies since World War II. Yet, astonishingly, the EU unemployment rate had already declined to its pre-crisis level by more...



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Poverty and Social Protection in Bulgaria

Author/Editor: Jean-Jacques Hallaert.

Release Date:July, 2020

Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of the GFC. This increase is due to a rise in market income inequality that was more...



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Inequality and Poverty across Generations in the European Union

Author/Editor: Tingyun Chen, Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Alexander Pitt, Haonan Qu, Maximilien Queyranne, Alaina Rhee, Anna Shabunina, Jérôme Vandenbussche, Irene Yackovlev.

Release Date:January, 2018

This SDN studies the evolution of inequality across age groups leading up to and since the global financial crisis, as well as implications for fiscal and labor policies. Europe’s population is more...



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From Containment to Rationalization : Increasing Public Expenditure Efficiency in France

Author/Editor: Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Maximilien Queyranne.

Release Date:January, 2016

Achieving France’s medium-term fiscal targets will require significant expenditure efforts.
 This paper identifies areas where there is scope for increasing expenditure efficiency, more...



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How does a domestic tax reform affect protection against imports? The case of the Republic of Madagascar

Author/Editor: Jean-Jacques Hallaert.

Release Date:June, 2008

In 2008, Madagascar reformed its domestic tax system. Because the excise duties and VAT regimes were reformed, the taxation of imports has changed. This paper quantifies how the reform changes the more...



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Can Regional Integration Accelerate Development in Africa? CGE Model Simulations of the Impact of the SADC FTA on the Republic of Madagascar

Author/Editor: Jean-Jacques Hallaert.

Release Date:March, 2007

Madagascar plans to start phasing out its customs tariffs on imports from the Southern African Development Community in 2007. This paper uses a CGE model to evaluate the impact of the SADC FTA on more...



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Fiscal Implications of Multilateral Tariff Cuts

Author/Editor: Azim M Sadikov, Hans P Lankes, Dustin Smith, Katrin Elborgh-Woytek, Jean-Jacques Hallaert.

Release Date:September, 2006

The paper contributes to the discussion about the revenue implications of trade reform by assessing the approximate fiscal revenue impact of different liberalization formulae under consideration in more...



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Special Agricultural Safeguards : Virtual Benefits and Real Costs—Lessons for the Doha Round

Author/Editor: Jean-Jacques Hallaert.

Release Date:June, 2005

In the Doha Round, negotiators are discussing the elimination or continuation of the special agricultural safeguards introduced by the Uruguay Round as well as the creation of special safeguard more...



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Labor Market Fallout of the Covid-19 Crisis and Associated Policy Options

Author/Editor: Sakai Ando, Ravi Balakrishnan, Bertrand Gruss, Jean-Jacques Hallaert, La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul, Koralai Kirabaeva, Nir Klein, Ana Lariau, Lucy Qian Liu, Davide Malacrino, Haonan Qu, Alexandra Solovyeva.

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