Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
Sub-Saharan African countries have in general run procyclical fiscal policies since 2000. This is not surprising in light of the fact that the majority of them are low-income and/or resource-dependent econom...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
This chapter examines the experience of three countries to establish and implement fiscal frameworks aimed at generating financial savings for rainy days: Nigeria, Botswana, and Chile....
Volume: 16
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...
Volume: 16
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513563541.087
ISBN: 9781513563541
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of f...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
The focus of this paper is to analyze the link between the fiscal policy stance and economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2014, a period marked by relatively high rates of growth, a substa...
Volume/Issue: 2017/203
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Richard Allen
,
Taz Chaponda
,
Lesley Fisher
, and
Rohini Ray
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
September
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484314203.001
ISBN: 9781484314203
More than 15 years ago, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa embarked on a program of
budgetary reform, an important element of which was a medium-term budget framework
(MTBF). This working paper focuses on the per...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
The cyclical behavior of fiscal policy affects sub-Saharan African countries because many of them depend on commodity exports or have been gaining access to international capital markets in recent years, and...
Volume/Issue: 2017/203
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Richard Allen
,
Taz Chaponda
,
Lesley Fisher
, and
Rohini Ray
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
September
2017
ISBN: 9781484314203
More than 15 years ago, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa embarked on a program of
budgetary reform, an important element of which was a medium-term budget framework
(MTBF). This working paper focuses on the per...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degr...
