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Effects of Development Finance on Energy Transitions and Green Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While global agendas promote energy transition and green growth, Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) struggles with low energy access, highlighting a development paradox between climate goals and energy poverty. By aligning aid and development finance with SDGs 7 and 13, we analyze whether development finance is at a crossroads in supporting ...
Clement Oteng +3 more
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Regulation, Taxation, and Resources: Unpacking Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers Across G7 Economies
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Advanced economies are under growing pressure to downscale greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions without undermining growth, yet G7 (Group of Seven) nations, representing almost 10% of the world's population, still generate one quarter of global GHGs.
Mohammad Imtiaz Hossain +5 more
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Financial Sector Returns and Creditor Moral Hazard: Evidence from Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand [PDF]
This paper introduces a framework of investor behavior in which investors form their expectations regarding the credibility of a prospective IMF program in reforming the financial sector characterized by domestic implicit guarantees.
Jian Tong, Chenggang Xu
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Voting power in the Bretton Woods Institutions [PDF]
, 2004 The constitutions of the Bretton Woods Institutions require decisions to be taken by weighted voting: each member country possesses a number of votes, depending on its quota allocation, all of which must always be cast as a bloc. This leads to a problem
Leech, Robert, Dr., Leech, Dennis
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Corporate Tax System Complexity and Investment Sensitivity to Tax Policy Changes
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Effective policymakers must balance the demands of formulating a corporate tax system that raises revenue and spurs economic activity (e.g., investment) while promoting a “level playing field” across firms. Balancing these tradeoffs has likely caused tax systems to become more complex over time, increasing firms’ difficulty in understanding ...
HARALD AMBERGER +2 more
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Reforming Decision-making Mechanism of IMF [PDF]
, 2006 国际货币基金组织现行决策机制产生于六十多年前，是战后特定历史背景下的产物。然而，几十年间，国际社会经济、政治、安全局势发生了巨大变化，全球治理模式也随之悄然变化，国际货币体系改革必须顺应这种趋势才能适应时代发展。IMF作为最重要的国际金融机构，其变革必须反映全球格局已经变动的既成现实和未来趋势，只有这样，IMF才能面对21世纪的挑战，获得更长久的生命力。因此，研究IMF决策机制改革问题不能局限于IMF自身范围，将这一问题置于更广泛的全球治理背景中分析更具有说服力 ...
赵国君
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Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Urban factors play a critical role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. In this regard, this study aims to examine the impact of urbanization and its components (e.g., urban population growth [UPG], population in the largest city [ULC], population in urban agglomerations [UPA] of more than 1 million, and ...
Korkmaz Yildirim, Tunahan Haciimamoglu
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Unifying EU Representation at the IMF Executive Board [PDF]
The consequences of consolidating EU representation at the IMF Executive Board by regrouping the 27 Member States into two EU constituencies, euro area and non-euro area, are discussed.
Grech, Harald +2 more
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Impact of IMF Conditionality on Pakistan [PDF]
, 2020 International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a multilateral financial institution which provides financial assistance to countries facing financial challenges.
Hussain, Asad, Iqbal, Tabassum
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Repurposing agricultural public resources toward higher‐return incentives and investments can help transform agri‐food systems. This is important for low‐income countries, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa, where limited budgets restrict options for boosting agricultural spending.
Marco V. Sánchez +3 more
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