 | Structural Reforms and Firms' Productivity: Evidence from Developing Countries Author/Editor: Wilfried A Kouamé, Sampawende J Tapsoba. Release Date:March, 2018 This paper assesses the effects of structural reforms on firm-level productivity for 37 developing countries from 2006 to 2014 period. It takes advantage of the IMF Monitoring of Fund Arrangements more...
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| Corruption, Taxes and Compliance Author/Editor: Anja Baum, Sanjeev Gupta, Elijah Kimani, Sampawende J Tapsoba. Release Date:November, 2017 This paper revisits the effects of corruption on the state’s capacity to raise revenue, building on the existing empirical literature using new and more disaggregated data. We use a comprehensive more...
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| Education Systems and Foreign Direct Investment : Does External Efficiency Matter? Author/Editor: Elise Wendlassida Miningou, Sampawende J Tapsoba. Release Date:March, 2017 This paper examines the effect of the efficiency of the education system on Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI). First, it focuses on the external efficiency and applies a frontier-based
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| Can Statistical Capacity Building Help Reduce Procyclical Fiscal Policy in Developing Countries? Author/Editor: Sampawende J Tapsoba, Robert C York, Neree C G M Noumon. Release Date:November, 2016 Few papers have attempted to assess the role of “capacity,” especially in the area of
macroeconomic statistics. Consequently, we make an attempt to advance this literature
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| What Does Aid Do to Fiscal Policy? New Evidence Author/Editor: Jean-Louis Combes, Rasmané Ouedraogo, Sampawende J Tapsoba. Release Date:June, 2016 Foreign aid is a sizable source of government financing for several developing countries and its allocation matters for the conduct of fiscal policy. This paper revisits fiscal effects of shifts in more...
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| Deflation and Public Finances : Evidence from the Historical Records Author/Editor: Nicolas End, Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba, G. Terrier, Renaud Duplay. Release Date:July, 2015 This paper examines the impact of deflation on fiscal aggregates. With deflation relatively rare in modern history, it relies mostly on the historical records, using a dataset panel covering 150 more...
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| A Fiscal Job? An Analysis of Fiscal Policy and the Labor Market Author/Editor: Elva Bova, Christina Kolerus, Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba. Release Date:December, 2014 This paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on employment through the lenses of Okun’sLaw. Looking at the panel of OECD countries over the past three decades, we find that fiscalpolicy can more...
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| A Quality of Growth Index for Developing Countries: A Proposal Author/Editor: Montfort Mlachila, Rene Tapsoba, Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba. Release Date:September, 2014 This paper proposes a new quality of growth index (QGI) for developing countries. The index encompasses both the intrinsic nature and social dimensions of growth, and is computed for over 90 more...
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| China's Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Liberalization : Lessons from International Experiences Author/Editor: Wei Liao, Sampawende J Tapsoba. Release Date:May, 2014 China has been moving to a more market oriented financial system, which has implications for the monetary policy environment. The paper investigates the stability of the money demand function (MDF) more...
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| Rising BRICs and Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa's Business Cycle Patterns Author/Editor: Oumar Diallo, Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba. Release Date:February, 2014 This paper assesses the extent to which Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)’s business cycle is synchronized with that of the rest of the world (RoW). Findings suggest that SSA’s business cycle has not only more...
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