1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780741603321

Autore

Clements Benedict

Titolo

Helping Countries Develop : : The Role of Fiscal Policy / / Benedict Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, Gabriela Inchauste

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2004

ISBN

1-4623-7344-5

1-4527-5741-0

1-283-53839-3

9786613850843

1-4519-5274-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 528 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Books

Altri autori (Persone)

GuptaSanjeev

InchausteGabriela

Disciplina

339.5/2/091724

Soggetti

Finance, Public - Developing countries

Government spending policy - Developing countries

Exports and Imports

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Fiscal Policy

Education: General

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

National Government Expenditures and Health

Public finance & taxation

Education

International economics

Health economics

Expenditure

Health care spending

Fiscal policy

Education spending

Public debt

Expenditures, Public

Debts, Public

Health

Developing countries Appropriations and expenditures



Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Fiscal policy for economic development: an overview / Benedict Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, Gabriela Inchauste -- Fiscal policy, expenditure composition, and growth in low-income countries / Sanjeev Gupta ... [et al.] -- Persistence of fiscal adjustments and expenditure composition in low-income countries / Emanuele Baldacci ... [et al.] -- Growth, governance, and fiscal policy transmission channels in low-income countries / Emanuele Baldacci, Arye L. Hillman, Naoko Kojo -- External debt, public investment and growth in low-income countries / Benedict Clements, Rina Bhattacharya, Tuan Quoc Nguyen -- A framework for fiscal debt sustainability analysis in low-income countries / Emanuele Baldacci, Kevin Fletcher -- Experience with budgetary convergence in the WAEMU / Ousmane Doré, Paul R. Masson -- The effectiveness of government spending on education and health care in developing and transition economies / Sanjeev Gupta, Marijn Verhoeven, Erwin R. Tiongson -- Public spending on health care and the poor / Sanjeev Gupta, Marijn Verhoeven, Erwin R. Tiongson -- User payments for basic education in low-income countries / Arye L. Hillman, Eva Jenkner -- The efficiency of government expenditure: experiences from Africa / Sanjeev Gupta, Marijn Verhoeven -- Tax policy in developing countries: some lessons from the 1990s and some challenges ahead / Michael Keen, Alejandro Simone -- Social impact of a tax reform: the case of Ethiopia / Sònia Muñoz, Stanley Sang-Wook Cho -- Foreign aid and revenue response: does the composition of aid matter? / Sanjeev Gupta ... [et al.] -- More aid: making it work for the poor / Peter S. Heller, Sanjeev Gupta -- Aid and fiscal management / Alex̌ Bulíř, Timothy Lane -- Foreign aid and consumption smoothing: evidence from global food aid / Sanjeev Gupta, Benedict Clements, Erwin R. Tiongson -- Fiscal consequences of armed conflict and terrorism in low- and middle-income countries / Sanjeev Gupta ... [et al.] -- A comparison between two public expenditure management systems in Africa / Ian Lienert.

Sommario/riassunto

Fiscal policy can foster growth and human development through a number of different channels. These include the macroeconomic (for example, through the influence of the budget deficit on growth) as well as the microeconomic (through its influence on the efficiency of resource use). But how precisely do these channels work in developing countries? What kinds of tax and expenditure policies should developing countries implement to help them meet the Millennium Development Goals? And how can international aid be made more effective? Drawing on both theory and country experience, this book brings together IMF research on the various ways fiscal policy can be used to help spur economic development.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955352703321

Autore

Fick David S

Titolo

Entrepreneurship in Africa : a study of successes / / David S. Fick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798400646768

9786610908486

9781280908484

1280908483

9780313011733

0313011737

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

338/.04/096

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship - Africa

New business enterprises - Africa

Businesspeople - Africa

Success in business - Africa

Africa Economic conditions 1960-

Africa Social conditions 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Entrepreneurship in Africa -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- REFERENCE CITED -- 1  African Continent -- REFERENCES CITED -- I  West Africa -- 2  Nigeria and Ghana -- NIGERIA -- GHANA -- REFERENCES CITED -- 3  Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Etc. -- CÔTE D'IVOIRE -- BENIN -- BURKINA FASO -- SENEGAL -- GUINEA -- THE GAMBIA -- REFERENCES CITED -- II  Southern Africa -- 4  Zimbabwe, Botswana, Etc. -- ZIMBABWE -- BOTSWANA -- MALAWI -- ZAMBIA -- MAURITIUS -- MADAGASCAR -- NAMIBIA -- MOZAMBIQUE -- REFERENCES CITED -- 5  South Africa: Clothing, Youth Culture, Auto, and Home -- CLOTHING -- YOUTH CULTURE -- AUTOMOTIVE -- HOUSING -- REFERENCES CITED -- 6  South Africa: New Era Enterprises -- REFERENCES CITED -- 7  South Africa: Food and



Travel Industry -- FOOD INDUSTRY -- TRAVEL INDUSTRY -- REFERENCES CITED -- 8  South Africa: Heritage and Tradition -- REFERENCES CITED -- 9  South Africa: The Media, Reviews, and Issues -- THE MEDIA -- REVIEWS -- SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES -- REFERENCES CITED -- III  East Africa -- 10  Horn of Africa -- ETHIOPIA -- SOMALILAND -- DJIBOUTI -- REFERENCES CITED -- 11  Kenya and Tanzania -- KENYA -- TANZANIA -- REFERENCES CITED -- 12  Uganda -- REFERENCES CITED -- IV  Central Africa -- 13  Central African Republic, Gabon, Chad, and Cameroon -- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC -- GABON -- CHAD -- CAMEROON -- REFERENCES CITED -- 14  Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Angola -- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- RWANDA -- ANGOLA -- REFERENCES CITED -- V  North Africa -- 15  Egypt -- REFERENCES CITED -- 16  Arab Maghreb Union -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- REFERENCE CITED -- VI  Africa's Future -- 17  Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Technologies, and Plans -- AFRICA'S ENTREPRENEURS -- AFRICA'S LEADERS -- NEW ERA TECHNOLOGIES -- DEVELOPMENT PLANS -- REFERENCES CITED -- 18  Conclusions -- REFERENCES CITED -- Index.

About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

Who are the entrepreneurs who have achieved success, wealth, and recognition in their African homelands, and how did they do it? Entrepreneur Dave Fick interviewed several hundred women and men who were willing to assume risks, often spectacular ones, for personal economic gain-but who did it legally, ethically, and who are now giving back to their nations and societies at least as much as they received. They speak openly of their hardships and failures, what they did right and what they did wrong, and their accounts are remarkable. We gain insight into the way business must be done under harsh political and economic circumstances, but we also learn unusual techniques and strategies that others in more favorable milieus can use to accomplish similar feats. With commentaries from notable scholars and other businesspeople and with Fick's own first-hand onsite observations, the book is a self-educating colloquium, a collection of personal meetings, accounts, letters, emails and telephone calls between Fick, his counterparts in Africa, and others around the world. It is also an attempt to encourage a dialogue that will accelerate the exchange and spread of knowledge and ideas, and a way to help the people of Africa build a peaceful and better society for themselves and the world.