Managing Commodity Booms--and BustsWorld Bank Publications, 1995 - 22 pages World Bank Discussion Paper No. 314. In 1994, Colombia replaced its state-run, pay-as-you-go pension system with a privately run, fully-funded scheme. This study analyzes prospective fiscal and macroeconomic implications of the reform. It compares the features of the country's old and new pension systems, puts them in a broader international context, and examines the reform transition |
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... booming sector with little compensation elsewhere in the econ- omy . High export taxes also encourage tax evasion and smuggling . Commodity boom bonds . These are bonds denominated in foreign cur- rency held by local exporters of ...
... booming sector with little compensation elsewhere in the econ- omy . High export taxes also encourage tax evasion and smuggling . Commodity boom bonds . These are bonds denominated in foreign cur- rency held by local exporters of ...
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... booming sectors will be better able to cope with lower commodity prices when the boom subsides . A revenue ... sector and providing incentives for diversification . Because the track record of governments in managing booms and busts is far ...
... booming sectors will be better able to cope with lower commodity prices when the boom subsides . A revenue ... sector and providing incentives for diversification . Because the track record of governments in managing booms and busts is far ...
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... sector often leads to declines in nonbooming export sectors . Resources flow into the booming sector , while investments elsewhere decline . Thus commodity booms tend to shift profitability among tradables as resources shift to the ...
... sector often leads to declines in nonbooming export sectors . Resources flow into the booming sector , while investments elsewhere decline . Thus commodity booms tend to shift profitability among tradables as resources shift to the ...
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... growth . In practice , however , tax rates are usually set too high , and public investment projects are often selected on noneconomic grounds . This tends to damage the booming sector with little compensation elsewhere in the economy ...
... growth . In practice , however , tax rates are usually set too high , and public investment projects are often selected on noneconomic grounds . This tends to damage the booming sector with little compensation elsewhere in the economy ...
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... booming sector for investment . Liberalizing and developing financial markets can provide options for alternative investments . Underdeveloped domestic financial and capital markets may not be much of a problem , however , if producers ...
... booming sector for investment . Liberalizing and developing financial markets can provide options for alternative investments . Underdeveloped domestic financial and capital markets may not be much of a problem , however , if producers ...
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Page 20 - In the past, many commodity-exporting countries have entered such agreements in an attempt to stabilize and, in many cases, raise prices. In anything but the short term, none has succeeded. References Adams, Robin G. (Resource Strategies, Inc.). 1995. Interview in The Financial Times, March 31 . Bauer, Peter. 1984. "Remembrance of Studies Past: Retracing First Steps.
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Page 15 - On the fiscal side, coffee tax revenues were used to turn a deficit of 5.2 percent of GDP in 1984 into a small surplus in 1986.