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    Understanding and Mitigating the Fiscal Risks of Infrastructure

    by Matías Herrera Dappe, Vivien Foster, Aldo Musacchio, Teresa Ter-Minassian, Burak Turkgulu ...
    Series series Sustainable Infrastructure
    Fiscal risks associated with infrastructure are both more frequent and larger than previously assumed. This report quantifies the magnitude and prevalence of these risks in electricity and transport and identifies their root causes across a range of low- and middle-income countries. ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Off the Books

    Understanding and Mitigating the Fiscal Risks of Infrastructure

    by Matías Herrera Dappe, Vivien Foster, Aldo Musacchio, Ter-Minassian ...
    Series series Sustainable Infrastructure
    Developing countries face massive infrastructure needs, but public spending on infrastructure is inadequate, and public investment has been declining in recent years. Rising debt levels and tightening fiscal and monetary conditions are putting further pressure on the funds available for infrastructure, heightening the importance of increasing the efficiency of infrastructure spending. Off the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Most Secret Agent of Empire

    Reginald Teague-Jones, Master Spy of the Great Game

    by Taline ter Minassian ...
    Dubbed an "agent of British imperialism" by Joseph Stalin, Reginald Teague-Jones (1889- 1988) was the quintessential English spy whose exceptional story is recounted in this new biography. He studied in St Petersburg, participated in the 1905 Revolution and spent the rest of his life working for various branches of British secret intelligence. Plunging into the Great Game, he participated in ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Teresa Mrs. Ter-Minassian ...
    Over the past few decades, a clear trend has emerged worldwide toward the devolution of spending and, to a lesser extent, revenue-raising responsibilities to state and local levels of government. One view is that the decentralization of spending responsibilities can entail substantial gains in terms of distributed equity and macroeconomic management. The papers in this volume, edited by Teresa Ter ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Promoting Fiscal Discipline

    by Manmohan Mr. Kumar, Teresa Mrs. Ter-Minassian ...
    Fiscal discipline is essential to improve and sustain economic performance, maintain macroeconomic stability, and reduce vulnerabilities. Discipline is especially important if countries, industrial as well as developing, are to successfully meet the challenges, and reap the benefits, of economic and financial globalization. Lack of fiscal discipline generally stems from the injudicious use of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Borrowing by Subnational Governments - Issues and Selected International Experiences

    by Teresa Mrs. Ter-Minassian ...
    Series Book 96 - IMF Policy Discussion Papers

    $6.99 CAD

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    On Bursting Bubbles, Budgets, and Beliefs

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    $9.99 CAD

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    Defending the Reich Against the RAF and the USAAF

    by Wolfgang Fischer ...
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