Fiscal Policy for Development

TRAMA

Fiscal policy is critical to the development of poor countries. This book provides both a comprehensive and balanced guide to the current policy debate and new results on the development impact of fiscal policies.

SOMMARIO

Introduction; T.Addison & A.Roe The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy in Developing Countries; R.Jha Fiscal Policy Design in Low-Income Countries; C.S.Adam & D.L.Bevan Fiscal Effects of Aid; M.McGillivray & O.Morrissey Changing Approaches to Public Expenditure Management in Low-income Aid Dependent Countries; A.Fozzard & M.Foster Taxation Policy in Low-Income Countries; C.Heady Fiscal Policy in a Growth Framework; N.Gemmell Fiscal Policy and Private Investment in Less Developed Countries; N.Hermes & R.Lensink Assessing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Poverty; A.McKay Efficiency of Public Spending: New Microeconomic Tools to Assess Service Delivery; R.Reinikka & J.Svensson Welfare Implications of Fiscal Reform: The Case of Food Subsidies in India; S.Bhalotra The Fiscal Dimensions of Conflict and Reconstruction; T.Addison, A.R.Chowdhury & S.Mansoob Murshed Fiscal Policy, Conflict, and Reconstruction in Burundi and Rwanda; L.Ndikumana

AUTORE

CHRISTOPHER S. ADAM Research Associate, Department of Economics, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, UK DAVID L. BEVAN Lecturer in Economics, University of Oxford, UK SONIA BHALOTRA Reader in Economics, University of Bristol, UK ABDUR R. CHOWDHURY Director, Economic Analysis Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland MICK FOSTER Mick Foster Economics Ltd., UK ADRIAN FOZZARD Senior Public Sector Specialist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank, USA NORMAN GEMMELL Professorial Research Fellow, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK CHRISTOPHER HEADY Head of Tax Policy and Statistics, OECD, France NIELS HERMES Associate Professor, Department of Financial Management, University of Groningen, The Netherlands RAGHBENDRA JHA Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor and Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre, Australian National University, Australia ROBERT LENSINK Professor of Finance and Financial Markets, University of Groningen, The Netherlands S. MANSOOB MURSHED Associate Professor of Development Economics, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands MARK MCGILLIVRAY Senior Research Fellow and Project Director, UNU-WIDER, Finland ANDREW MCKAY Professor of Economics, University of Bath, UK OLIVER MORRISSEY Director, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), University of Nottingham , UK LEONCE NDIKUMANA Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, USA RITVA REINIKKA Research Manager, Development Research Group, World Bank, USA JAKOB SVENSSON Research Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781403934802
• Collana: Studies in Development Economics and Policy
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: XVIII, 336 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 336
• Pagine Romane: xviii