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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... controls and import restrictions saw long - term beneficial results from commodity booms . Other , complementary ... controls . Capital - account controls ( restrictions on investing abroad ) and import controls should be reduced ...
... controls and import restrictions saw long - term beneficial results from commodity booms . Other , complementary ... controls . Capital - account controls ( restrictions on investing abroad ) and import controls should be reduced ...
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... controls , trade restrictions , and macroeconomic instability . To facilitate private management , governments should remove these distor- tions by pursuing trade and financial liberalization . Why booms happen Booming commodity prices ...
... controls , trade restrictions , and macroeconomic instability . To facilitate private management , governments should remove these distor- tions by pursuing trade and financial liberalization . Why booms happen Booming commodity prices ...
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... controls increased rents to suppliers of capital goods and imported consumer goods so that much of the gain from the boom went to urban dwellers , who are the suppli- ers of the goods , and not to farmers . In several commodity ...
... controls increased rents to suppliers of capital goods and imported consumer goods so that much of the gain from the boom went to urban dwellers , who are the suppli- ers of the goods , and not to farmers . In several commodity ...
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... controls , tightened monetary policies , accumulated foreign reserves , and reduced foreign debt . But what were the specific measures , and how effective were they ? Export taxes . In the latest coffee boom , Cameroon , Cote d'lvoire ...
... controls , tightened monetary policies , accumulated foreign reserves , and reduced foreign debt . But what were the specific measures , and how effective were they ? Export taxes . In the latest coffee boom , Cameroon , Cote d'lvoire ...
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... control to markets , before viable private sector risk sharing and risk management arrangements have had time to develop . Traders and producers , too , can benefit from hedging . They stand to incur big losses if the price of a ...
... control to markets , before viable private sector risk sharing and risk management arrangements have had time to develop . Traders and producers , too , can benefit from hedging . They stand to incur big losses if the price of a ...
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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.
Page 13 - The decision whether to vacuum pack or gas flush a consumer package depends on a number of factors. Among the most important are the type of product to be packed and its consistency. "Gas flush is a function of the product to be packaged," offers Tom Taylor, product manager, smoked and processed meat, Cryovac.
Page 21 - Kenya, 1975-81." In Tony Killick, ed., The IMF and Stabilization. London: Heinemann.
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.