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One area that has not been reviewed in developing countries is the growing focus on different segments of the taxpayer population-including the large taxpayers-as a way to encourage greater stability in public revenue flows, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of tax administration, and introduce...

Hawala and other remittance systems have gained attention in recent years with the substantial growth of remittance flows from countries with large migrant labor forces and with increased focus on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The IMF and the World Bank have been researching...

New Zealand's reforms of economic policy and public sector management systems have attracted international attention. Beginning in 1984, the country adopted a comprehensive and vigorous program of macroeconomic adjustment that involved redefining the state's role in the economy and social policy....

Cambodia is poised to join a new generation of Asian frontier economies transitioning from low-income to emerging-market. But the path to greater and more shared prosperity requires a solid foundation of sound macroeconomic policies, enabling new growth drivers, tackling a highly dollarized and fragmented...

Globalization requires enhanced information flows among financial regulators. Standard-setting bodies for financial sector regulation provide extensive guidance, but financial sector assessments have often found that problems in cooperation and information exchange continue to constrain cross-border...

The IMF's surveillance over its member's economic policies is one of the institution's central activities. In keeping with the increasing transparency of the IMF; the Executive Board askes a group of independent external experts to evaluate IMF surveillance, to assess the effectiveness of such surveillance,...

This book, by Alan A. Tait, is an examination of VAT. It looks at problems and theoretical options and potential impacts, as well as detailing the practical aspects of implementing new tax structures. The author advances arguments for and against alternative policies and illustrates his study with international...

This book, written by the staff of the IMF Institute, offers a series of workshops on Kenya that are used as a case study in the Institute's course on Financial Analysis and Policy for officials of IMF member countries. The workshops combine theory and practice for a better understanding of the use of major financial policy instruments in the management of national economies.

Export credit agencies play an important role in international trade and investment flows. Exports insured or financed by the approximately 50 export credit agencies that are members of the Berne Union account for about 10 percent of their countries' exports, which, in turn, represent about 78 percent...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each volume and section of the following titles by Thomas Paine: 1. A REPLY TO THE BISHOP OFLLANDAFF 2. ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY Thomas Paine was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was also a political...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each volume and section of the following titles by Thomas Paine: 1. LETTER TO FRANKLIN, IN PARIS 2. PRIVATE LETTERS TO JEFFERSON 3. LETTERS TO GEORGE WASHINGTON 4. THE MEMORIAL TO MONROE 5. THE RECALL...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each volume and section. Thomas Paine was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was also a political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary that is seen today in the row with the greatest thinkers...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each volume and section of the following title by Thomas Paine: 1. TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND ON THE INVASION OF ENGLAND 2. THE WILL OF THOMAS PAINE Thomas Paine was one of the founding fathers of the United States....

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each volume and section of the following titles by Thomas Paine: 1. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 2. DISSERTATION ON FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT 3. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1795 Thomas Paine was one of the founding fathers...