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Blog post
Will West Africa’s common external tariff protect consumers?
The lofty objective of ECOWAS is to promote economic integration in West Africa. The much anticipated uniform tariff for ECOWAS economies is due to become reality in January 2015, but questions about its implementation still need to be addressed
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Publication - Project Memo
The economic implications of Ebola (Project Memo)
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Project
Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences
This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we identify 33 country-episodes of double-digit growth since 1960. The narrative of each episode is presented,...
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Project
Compensations and Customary Rights in the Context of the Concessionaire Companies: An Economic Approach
The present report deals with the question of how to compensate rural communities affected by the operations of concessionaire companies in Liberia. Addressing this concern requires that we successively look at the three following issues: (1) how communities are being informed and involved in the process of negotiation leading to concession agreements; (2) how to design the...
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Project
Optimising Real Estate Tax in Liberia: Implications for Revenue Performance and Economic Growth
Real estate tax is considered to have strong economic efficiency, equity and governance benefits; however, its administrative and political costs prevent it from being used extensively in many developing countries. In Liberia, real estate tax revenues are less than 0.2 percent of GDP, compared to an average of 0.6 percent of GDP in developing countries, suggesting that...
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Project
Increasing Property Tax Compliance in Liberia
This project is a pilot for a full randomised control trial research project on understanding factors that affect tax compliance. In many developing countries with weak state capacity, the first order question in tax compliance is the extensive margin as a large proportion of taxable individuals and firms remain outside the tax base; however, the tax compliance...
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Multimedia Item - Video
Growth Week 2014 - Country Session: Liberia & Sierra Leone
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Event
Africa: New Opportunities, Old Impediments
The 2014 Harold Wincott memorial lecture was given by Professor Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford, on Wednesday 8th October 2014 at Local Government House, London SW1. The title of his lecture was: "Africa: New Opportunities, Old Impediments".
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Multimedia Item - Video
The Ebola Crisis: What can economists do?
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Blog post
Assessing the economic effects of Ebola
The outbreak of Ebola has highlighted the need for economists to assess the impact of the crisis. Very tentative findings by researchers at the International Growth Centre have flagged up warning signs on jobs, sales and the state of food markets In the midst of a severe health emergency such as the outbreak of Ebola that has struck the West African nations of Guinea,...