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Fiscal Issues in Adjustment in Developing Countries

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Riccardo Faini

    1. University of Brescia, Italy

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  2. Jaime Melo

    1. The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
      University of Genoa, Italy

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Fiscal Issues in Adjustment: An Introduction

    • Riccardo Faini, Jaime de Melo
    Pages 1-19

  3. Fiscal Issues in Adjustment Programs

    • Vito Tanzi
    Pages 21-42

  4. Orthodox Models for Adjustment and Growth

    • Peter J. Montiel
    Pages 43-59

  5. Fiscal Issues in Macroeconomic Stabilization: A Structuralist Perspective

    • Lance Taylor
    Pages 61-77

  6. The Transfer Problem in Small Open Economies: Exchange Rate and Fiscal Policies for Debt Service

    • Dani Rodrik
    Pages 79-98

  7. Fiscal Adjustment in High-Debt Countries

    • Martha de Melo
    Pages 99-120

  8. Fiscal Policy and Private Investment in Developing Countries: Recent Evidence on Key Selected Issues

    • Ajay Chhibber, Mansoor Dailami
    Pages 121-150

  9. Prices, Taxes and Planning

    • Nicholas Stern
    Pages 151-168

  10. Recent Experience with Tax Reform in Developing Countries

    • Wayne R. Thirsk
    Pages 169-195

  11. The Fiscal System, Adjustment and the Poor

    • Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Frances Stewart
    Pages 197-226

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 227-231
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About this book

The book deals with aspects of the recent fiscal crisis in developing countries. Macro aspects cover theoretical underpinning of fiscal policy, the size of the required adjustment and the link between internal and external transfers. Micro aspects cover the relation between private and public investment, the experience of tax and expenditure reforms, and the impact of fiscal adjustment on the poor.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Brescia, Italy

    Riccardo Faini

  • The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA

    Jaime Melo

  • University of Genoa, Italy

    Jaime Melo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fiscal Issues in Adjustment in Developing Countries

  • Editors: Riccardo Faini, Jaime Melo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22790-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Riccardo Faini and Jaime de Melo 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-09470-6Due: 06 July 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-22792-1Published: 15 July 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-22790-7Published: 15 July 1993

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 231

  • Topics: Development Economics

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