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| Title: | | Postconflict countries: Strategy for rebuilding fiscal institutions  |
| Authors: | | Gupta, Sanjeev Tareq, Shamsuddin Clements, Benedict Segura-Ubiergo, Alex Bhattacharya, Rina |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Research Paper, UNU-WIDER, United Nations University (UNU) 2007/41 |
| Abstract: | | This paper reviews the challenges and experiences in rebuilding fiscal institutions in postconflict environments, based on advice from the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department to selected countries. The recommended strategy involved a three-step process of (i) creating a proper legal framework for fiscal management, (ii) establishing a central fiscal authority and a mechanism for co-ordinating foreign assistance, and (iii) designing appropriate tax policies while simultaneously creating simple tax administration and expenditure management arrangements. The advice was tailored to the circumstances of postconflict countries, and in some cases involved transitional measures that were not first best from an efficiency standpoint. In a similar vein, recommendations on revenue administration and expenditure management focused on the most basic tasks and procedures. In providing advice, care was taken to ensure that these measures were consistent with the eventual transformation to a modern fiscal management system. |
| Subjects: | | fiscal policy tax institutions conflict |
| JEL: | | H30 K34 O43 |
| ISBN: | | 929190984X=978-92-9190-984-1 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | WIDER Research Papers, United Nations University (UNU)
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