Assessing prospective trade policy: methods applied to EU-ACP economic partnership agreements
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The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries since 1975. To maintain these preferences, a series of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and regional groupings of ACP countries are being agreed, (negotiations started around 2003 and many framework agreements have been signed). As multilateral negotiations within the World Trade Organisation have stalled, EPAs are currently the single most important policy issue for ACP trade. This volume assesses EPAs and the potential impact on ACP countries, provides guidance.
In: WIDER discussion paper 2002,105
In: The journal of development studies 37.2000,2
In: Special issue
In: The journal of development studies, Band 59, Heft 8, S. 1308-1309
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies, Band 58, Heft 11, S. 2179-2179
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 54, Heft 7, S. 1099-1099
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In: Oxford review of economic policy, Band 31, Heft 3-4, S. 447-461
ISSN: 1460-2121
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 69, S. 98-105
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This paper reviews evidence published in the last 10 years that has added to our understanding of the effects of aid on government spending and tax effort in recipient countries, with a discussion of when (general) budget support is a fiscally efficient aid modality. Three generalizations are permitted by the evidence: aid finances government spending; the extent to which aid is fungible is over-stated and even where it is fungible this does not appear to make the aid less effective; and there is no systematic effect of aid on tax effort. Beyond these conclusions effects are country-specific.
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Donors are concerned about how their aid is used, especially how it affects fiscal behaviour by recipient governments. This study reviews the recent evidence on the effects of aid on government spending and tax effort in recipient countries, concluding with a discussion of when (general) budget support is a fiscally efficient aid modality. Severe data limitations restrict inferences on the relationship between aid and spending, especially as the government is not aware of all the aid available to finance the provision of public goods. Three generalizations are permitted by the evidence: aid finances government spending; the extent to which aid is fungible is over-stated and even where it is fungible this does not appear to make the aid less effective; and there is no systematic effect of aid on tax effort. Beyond these conclusions the fiscal effects of aid are country-specific.
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In: The European journal of development research, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 26-31
ISSN: 1743-9728
In: The review of international organizations, Band 6, Heft 3-4, S. 453-456
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