Macro and Micro Impacts of Structural Reforms in Papua New Guinea: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

The Papua New Guinea economy has been subjected to a series of external shocks, starting with the Bougainville war in 1989. The government has responded with a series of structural reforms, with the most recent one being implemented in 2000. This paper employs a computable general equilibrium model to evaluate the impacts of the government's reform policies. Policies simulated are reduction in current government expenditure, reduction in real wages, tariff cuts and a goods and services tax. The results show that the export-oriented and government sectors benefit. However, the service sectors are adversely affected. While the rural population could benefit from the reforms, a case is made for increased government investment spending in these areas to stem the rural-urban drift

State Mandates, Housing Elements, and Low-income Housing Production

In order to create low-income housing opportunities and mitigate exclusionary zoning, in 1968 Congress mandated that municipalities receiving comprehensive planning funds must create a housing element. In tandem, many states mandated that municipal housing elements must accommodate low-income housing needs. After examining empirical research for California, Florida, Illinois, and Minnesota, this review found aspirational success because those states rewarded the municipal planning process. In order to increase low-income housing, this review argues for state housing policy reform. Under US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s revised fair housing rule, which requires an assessment of local data, states can no longer ignore the exclusionary behavior of municipalities

Review of Government Statistical Services Northern Ireland: report and decisions on implementation: part 1: report on Northern Ireland Statistical Services: part 2: statement on decisions on recommendations

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Learning from change Improving the way policy change is formulated & implemented

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Risk, PPPs and the public sector comparator

This paper argues that the “first generation” approaches to private investment in public infrastructure in the United Kingdom and Australia were inappropriate and socially costly. In most cases, the PPP approach involves an inappropriate allocation of risk between the public and private sectors, an excessive cost of capital, and an inappropriate bundling of risk through the use of a single private partner (or consortium) rather than separate contracting for separate project stages. Conditions under which a PPP approach is likely to be appropriate are considered. The main conclusion is that the PFI/PPP approach should be adopted only in special cases

Northern Ireland seatbelt survey

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