Delfin S. Go

Development Prospects Group, The World Bank

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An Analysis of South Africa's Value Added Tax

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3671
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Delfin S. Go, Marna Kearney, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, South Africa National Treasury, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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Tax Policy to Reduce Carbon Emissions in South Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4933
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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Environmental Economics & Policies, Transport Economics Policy & Planning, Taxation & Subsidies, Energy Production and Transportation, Environment and Energy Efficiency

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Is Africa's Economy at a Turning Point?

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Is Africa's Economy at a Turning Point?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4519
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Jorge Saba Arbache, Delfin S. Go and John Page
World Bank, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank and World Bank
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Economic Conditions and Volatility, Governance Indicators, Achieving Shared Growth, Economic Theory & Research, Emerging Markets

Is Africa's Economy at a Turning Point?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4519
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Feb 2008
Delfin S. Go, Jorge Arbache and John Page
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, Development Bank of Latin America - CAF and World Bank
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Growth diagnostics, growth robustness, economic policy, Africa

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Trade Liberalization, Fiscal Adjustment, and Exchange Rate Policy in India

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Pradeep Mitra and Delfin S. Go
World Bank - Europe and Central Asia Region and Development Prospects Group, The World Bank
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Economy-Wide and Distributional Impacts of an Oil Price Shock on the South African Economy

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4354
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
B. Essama-Nssah, Delfin S. Go, Marna Kearney, Vijdan Korman, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
World Bank, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, South Africa National Treasury, World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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Economic Theory & Research, Labor Policies, Markets and Market Access, Access to Finance

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Traders' Dilemma: Developing Countries' Response to Trade Disputes

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8640
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2018
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, Csilla Lakatos, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank, World Bank and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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The Whys and Why Nots of Export Taxation

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, Maurice Schiff and Sethaput Suthiwart-Narueput
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and World Bank - Public Economics Division
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Aid, Growth, and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4480
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, John Page, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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Economic Theory & Research, Debt Markets, Currencies and Exchange Rates, Emerging Markets

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How Carbon Tariffs and Climate Clubs Can Slow Global Warming

Peterson Institute for International Economics Working Paper No. 22-14
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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carbon taxes, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate clubs, carbon tariffs, carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, trade dependence

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Assessing the Global Economic and Poverty Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8133
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2018
Syud Amer Ahmed, Enis Baris, Delfin S. Go, Hans Lofgren, Israel Osorio-Rodarte and Karen Thierfelder
World Bank, World Bank, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank, World Bank and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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Health Care Services Industry, International Trade and Trade Rules, Inequality, Livestock and Animal Husbandry, Dairies and Dairying, Climate Change and Agriculture

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How Significant is Africa's Demographic Dividend for its Future Growth and Poverty Reduction?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7134
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
S. Amer Ahmed, Marcio Cruz, Delfin S. Go, Maryla Maliszewska and Israel Osorio-Rodarte
World Bank, World Bank, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Achieving Shared Growth, Economic Conditions and Volatility, Economic Theory & Research, Economic Growth, Emerging Markets

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China's Slowdown and Rebalancing: Potential Growth and Poverty Impacts on Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7666
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 May 2016
Csilla Lakatos, Maryla Maliszewska, Israel Osorio-Rodarte and Delfin S. Go
Purdue University - Department of Agricultural Economics, World Bank, World Bank and Development Prospects Group, The World Bank
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Social Impacts and Poverty Mitigation, International Trade and Trade Rules, Poverty and Social Impact Analysis, Economic Theory & Research, Economic Growth, Quality of Life & Leisure, Industrial Economics, Trade and Multilateral Issues, Social Analysis

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Budget Rules and Resource Booms: A Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Analysis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6984
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shantayanan Devarajan, Yazid Dissou, Delfin S. Go and Sherman Robinson
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, University of Ottawa - Department of Economics, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Public Sector Economics, Economic Adjustment and Lending, Economic Stabilization, Macro-Fiscal Policy, Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction

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Global Migration Revisited: Short-Term Pains, Long-Term Gains, and the Potential of South-South Migration

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7628
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
S. Amer Ahmed, Delfin S. Go and Dirk Willenbockel
World Bank, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank and University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies
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Industrial Economics, Economic Growth, Economic Theory & Research

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Global Inequality in a More Educated World

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8135
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2017
S. Amer Ahmed, Maurizio Bussolo, Marcio Cruz, Delfin S. Go and Israel Osorio-Rodarte
World Bank, World Bank - Chief Economist Office for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank and World Bank
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Educational Sciences

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Wage Subsidy and Labor Market Flexibility in South Africa

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4871
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Delfin S. Go, Marna Kearney, Vijdan Korman, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, South Africa National Treasury, World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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Labor Markets, Labor Policies, Economic Theory & Research, Access to Finance

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Dutch Disease and Spending Strategies in a Resource-Rich Low-Income Country - the Case of Niger

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6691
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Delfin S. Go, Sherman Robinson, Karen Thierfelder and Robert Johann Utz
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics and World Bank
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Economic Theory & Research, Debt Markets, Emerging Markets, Currencies and Exchange Rates, Banks & Banking Reform

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Estimating Parameters and Structural Change in CGE Models Using a Bayesian Cross-Entropy Estimation Approach

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7174
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Delfin S. Go, Hans Lofgren, Fabian Mendez Ramos and Sherman Robinson
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank, Independent and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Economic Theory & Research, E-Business, Information Security & Privacy, Emerging Markets, Inequality

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Assessing the Odds of Achieving the Mdgs

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5825
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Delfin S. Go and Jose Alejandro Quijada
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank and World Bank
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Population Policies, E-Business, Achieving Shared Growth, Primary Education, Country Strategy & Performance

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Stress-Testing Africa's Recent Growth and Poverty Performance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6517
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, Maryla Maliszewska, Israel Osorio-Rodarte and Hans Timmer
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Economic Theory & Research, Emerging Markets, Rural Poverty Reduction, Achieving Shared Growth, Climate Change Economics

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Trade Policy as Climate Policy: Payoffs and Tradeoffs

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Dec 2023
Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, World Bank and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), climate clubs, tariffs, computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, climate mitigation policies, carbon tax