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Expenditure Composition and Economic Development in Benin

This paper analyzes expenditure composition and economic development in Benin. It addresses some specific issues on the basis of a stylized model of the Beninese economy that highlights the tradeoff between expenditure on wages and investment. The model takes into account specific characteristics of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pani, Marco
Other Authors: El Harrak, Mohamed
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2010
Series:Departmental Papers
Subjects:
Civil Service
National Government Expenditures And Related Policies: Infrastructures
Public Investment Spending
Labour; Income Economics
Public Finance & Taxation
Wages, Compensation, And Labor Costs: General
Aggregate Labor Productivity
Unemployment
Other Public Investment And Capital Stock
Demand And Supply Of Labor: General
Aggregate Human Capital
Labor
Expenditure
Labor Supply
Expenditures, Public
Labor Demand
Labor Market
Civil Service & Public Sector
Wages
Public Investments
Intergenerational Income Distribution
Public Finance
Employment
Benin
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper analyzes expenditure composition and economic development in Benin. It addresses some specific issues on the basis of a stylized model of the Beninese economy that highlights the tradeoff between expenditure on wages and investment. The model takes into account specific characteristics of the Beninese economy, including the large share of agriculture in employment and GDP, the large number of urban unemployed engaged in precarious informal sector activities, and the strong influence of labor unions in the formal labor market concentrated in the urban areas
Physical Description:28 pages
ISBN:9781455266364

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