 | Tax Revenues in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States—Why Are They Low and How Can We Raise Them? Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Jiro Honda, Keyra Primus. Release Date:July, 2020 Raising revenues has been a formidable challenge for fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS), a fact confirmed once again in the COVID-19 crisis. Nonetheless, achieving sizable gains in tax more...
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 | Improving Fiscal Transparency to Raise Government Efficiency and Reduce Corruption Vulnerabilities in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Larry Q Cui, Silvia Domit, Jingzhou Meng, Slavi T Slavov, Nujin Suphaphiphat, Hanqi Zhang. Release Date:May, 2020 This departmental paper investigates how countries in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) can improve fiscal transparency, thereby raising government efficiency and reducing corruption more...
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| Case Studies in Tax Revenue Mobilization in Low-Income Countries Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Jiro Honda, Hiroaki Miyamoto, Keyra Primus, Mouhamadou Sy. Release Date:May, 2019 How can Low-Income Countries (LICs) enhance tax revenue collection to finance their vast development needs? We address this question by analyzing seven tax reform experiences in LICs (Burkina Faso, more...
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| Countercyclical Fiscal Policy and Gender Employment: Evidence from the G-7 Countries Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Jiro Honda, Hiroaki Miyamoto. Release Date:January, 2019 Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks more...
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| Tax Revenue Mobilization Episodes in Emerging Markets and Low-Income Countries: Lessons from a New Dataset Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Anja Baum, Clay Hackney, Olamide Harrison, Keyra Primus, Veronique Salins. Release Date:November, 2018 How do countries mobilize large tax revenue—defined as an average increase in the tax-to-GDP ratio of 0.5 percent per year over three years or more? To answer this question, we build a novel more...
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| Inflation and Public Debt Reversals in the G7 Countries Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Takuji Komatsuzaki, Ariel J Binder. Release Date:June, 2014 This paper investigates the impact of low or high inflation on the public debt-to-GDP ratio in the G-7 countries. Our simulations suggest that if inflation were to fall to zero for five years, the more...
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| Dealing with High Debt in an Era of Low Growth Author/Editor: S M Ali Abbas, Bernardin Akitoby, Jochen R Andritzky, Helge Berger, Takuji Komatsuzaki, Justin Tyson. Release Date:September, 2013 task has become particularly challenging in European advanced economies where expectations of low growth and limits to monetary policy support are shifting the burden of adjustment onto fiscal more...
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 | Oil Wealth in Central Africa : Policies for Inclusive Growth Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Sharmini Coorey. Release Date:August, 2012 Despite its vast oil wealth, central Africa still struggles to sustain strong, inclusive economic growth and to generate sufficient employment opportunities, particularly for its fast-growing youth more...
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| The Value of Institutions for Financial Markets : Evidence From Emerging Markets Author/Editor: Thomas Stratmann, Bernardin Akitoby. Release Date:February, 2009 This paper investigates the value of political institutions for financial markets, using panel data from emerging market countries. We test the hypothesis that changes in political institutions, such more...
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 | Inversión pública y asociaciones público-privadas Author/Editor: Bernardin Akitoby, Gerd Schwartz, Richard Hemming. Release Date:August, 2007 Durante las últimas tres décadas, el gasto público en infraestructura, como porcentaje del PIB, ha estado disminuyendo en todo el mundo. Aunque la relación entre la inversión en infraestructura more...
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