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  • Fiscal Rules

    Coping with Revenue Volatility in Lesotho and Swaziland

    by Jiro Honda, Manabu Nose, Cesar Sosa Padilla, Jose L. Torres, Murna Morgan, Fernando G Im, Natalia A Koliadina ...
    Over the past decade, Lesotho and Swaziland have faced significant volatility in their fiscal revenues, owing to highly unstable Southern African Customs Union (SACU) receipts. Based on model analysis, this paper explores the advantages of implementing fiscal rules to deal with such volatility. It finds that the use of a structural balance target could smooth the growth impact from revenue shocks ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy

    Eighty-one Basic Economic Concepts That Will Change the Way You See the World

    by Randy Charles Epping ...
    In a time of rapid change in the world economy, this fascinating, concise, and user-friendly primer is the most reliable tool for keeping track of what's happening.What is the new economy? What is globalization? Is the euro the final seal on European Union? How is e-commerce transforming our world beyond economics? What is virtual money, and does it have real value? How do social concerns and ... Read more

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  • The Second Great Contraction

    From "This Time Is Different"

    by Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff ...
    Series series Princeton Shorts
    We've been assured that the recession is over, but the country and the economy continue to feel the effects of the 2008 financial crisis, and people are still searching for answers about what caused it, what it has wrought, and how we can recover. This selection from the best-selling book This Time Is Different--the definitive history of financial crises, including the recent subprime meltdown- ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The 21st Century Economy--A Beginner's Guide

    by Randy Charles Epping ...
    A comprehensive, accessible guide to understanding today's global economy, from the author of the bestselling A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy.While reporting on today's world, business and mainstream media alike use terms and mention trends that even the savviest consumer may find baffling. In his latest book, Randy Charles Epping uses compelling narratives and insightful analogies to ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • Sovereign Debt And The Financial Crisis: Will This Time Be Different?

    by Primo Braga Carlos A.; Vincelette Gallina A. ...
    In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 governments worldwide undertook massive fiscal interventions to stave off what otherwise would have likely been a system-wide financial and economic meltdown. The policy responses engendered significant shifts in growth trajectories and debt sustainability outlooks of both mature and developing economies. The magnitude of public liabilities incurred and ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance, And Growth

    by World Bank ...
    Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance and Growth presents the World Bank's latest short-term forecasts. In addition, the report presents evidence that the financial boom played a critical role in the growth boom experienced by developing countries between 2003 and 2007, but that tighter conditions in the future are expected to result in weaker growth over the next 5 to 10 years.The ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Indonesia: Sustaining Growth During Global Volatility

    Edited by -;- Thomas -;- Mr. -;- Rumbaugh ...
    Over the past decade, Indonesia has developed into an important regional and global economy, as well as an active participant in the G20. The chapters in this book document the substantial improvements in the quality of macroeconomic policy that Indonesia has achieved, while also clearly laying out an agenda of measures that should be taken to safeguard these gains and further lower ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Taxation in Developing Countries

    Six Case Studies and Policy Implications

    Edited by Roger Gordon ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    Taxes are a crucial policy issue, especially in developing countries. Just recently, proposals to raise middle-class taxes toppled the Bolivian government, and plans to extend or increase the value-added tax caused political unrest in Ecuador and Mexico. Despite the impact of tax policy on developing countries, a comprehensive study has yet to be written. Treating Argentina, Brazil, India, Kenya, ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • What We Owe

    Truths, Myths, and Lies about Public Debt

    by Carlo Cottarelli ...
    The euro crisis, Japan's sluggish economy, and partisan disagreements in the United States about the role of government all have at least one thing in common: worries about high levels of public debt. Nearly everyone agrees that public debt in many advanced economies is too high to be sustainable and must be addressed. There is little agreement, however, about when and how that addressing should ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Africa At A Turning Point?: Growth, Aid, And And External Shocks

    by Go Delfin Sia; Page John ...
    Since the mid-1990s, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced an acceleration of economic growth that has produced rising incomes and faster human development. However, this growth contrasts with the continent's experience between 1975 and 1995, when it largely missed out on two decades of economic progress. This disparity between Africa's current experience and its history raises questions about the ... Read more

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  • Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, And Growth: Prudence Or Abstinence?

    by Serven Luis; Perry Guillermo E.; Suescun Rodrigo ...
    Fiscal policy in Latin America has been guided primarily by short-term liquidity targets whose observance was taken as the main exponent of fiscal prudence, with attention focused almost exclusively on the levels of public debt and the cash deficit. Very little attention was paid to the effects of fiscal policy on growth and on macroeconomic volatility over the cycle. Important issues such as the ... Read more

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  • Regional Economic Outlook, Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2010

    by International Monetary Fund. African Dept. ...
    Series series Regional Economic Outlook
    The October 2010 Regional Economic Outlook features: (i) an overview of economic developments and prospects in sub-Saharan Africa; (ii) an analytical assessment of how monetary policy changes are transmitted through the region's economies; and (iii) a study of why growth rates in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) have lagged behind other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The overview ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD