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Cover IMF Working Papers
Composition of Government Expenditure, Human Capital Accumulation, and Welfare
Mr. John J Matovu
This paper uses a dynamic general equilibrium model calibrated to Ugandan data to examine the welfare effects of alternative scenarios of government expenditure and tax financing. Two expenditure types are considered: social spending that affects human capital, and infrastructure expenditures that affect productivity. The paper finds that social expenditures lead to higher economic growth depending on the form of financing; young generations benefit most from social spending financed by consumption taxes; agents do not substitute between human and physical capital as a result of changes in expenditure composition; and improving the productivity of fiscal expenditure is both growth and welfare enhancing.
Keywords:
WP; capital stock; physical capital; public expenditure; government expenditure; welfare; growth; tax financing; infrastructure expenditure; age-consumption profile; expenditure policy change; policy reform; aggregate consumption; government investment expenditure; financing expenditure; Human capital; Health care spending; Consumption taxes; Education spending; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Uganda: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix describes how to improve value-added tax (VAT) compliance in Uganda. The paper highlights that although the VAT in Uganda has a single positive rate and broad coverage, its initial threshold of U Sh 20 million may have been set too low, and a number of items that should have been exempted were zero rated. This paper presents a brief survey of the financial sector of Uganda. Public sector reforms and the privatization program are also discussed.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; VAT; enterprise; taxpayer; government; tax; interbank treasury bill market; privatized enterprise; monopoly position; master repurchase agreement; BOU control; enforcement officer; Public employment; Privatization; Value-added tax; Education spending; Civil service; Sub-Saharan Africa
Cover Fiscal Reforms in Low-Income Countries
Fiscal Reforms in Low-Income Countries
Mr. Benedict J. Clements
,
Mr. Liam P. Ebrill
,
Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
,
Mr. Anthony J. Pellechio
,
Mr. Jerald A Schiff
,
Mr. George T. Abed
,
Mr. Ronald T. McMorran
, and
Marijn Verhoeven

Abstract

The reform of fiscal policies and institutions lies at the heart of structural adjustment in developing countries. Although the immediate aim of such reform is to reduce fiscal imbalances to achieve macroeconomic stability, the long-term goal is to secure more durable improvements in fiscal performance. This study reviews the fiscal reform experience of 36 low-income developing countries that undertook macroeconomic and structural adjustment in the context of the IMF's Structural Adjustment Facility and Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility during the period of 1985-95.

Keywords:
OP; ESAF country; IMF staff estimate; CFA franc; CFA franc country; country authorities; ESAF program; program year; expenditure policy reform; Consumption taxes; Taxes on trade; Capital spending; Africa; Western Hemisphere; Asia and Pacific; revenue ratio; zone African; ESAF participant; Current spending; Tax administration core functions