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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Nicaragua: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
This Selected Issues paper analyzes Nicaragua’s social security system, which is projected to run out of liquid reserves by 2019, several years earlier than anticipated. To avoid burdening the budget, reforms to the system are urgently needed. A deep actuarial, economic, and operational analysis is needed to design a comprehensive reform program. Such a program must ensure that the defined-benefit, pay-as-you-go system can sustain itself for another generation of workers and that improved health care benefits can be maintained. A politically acceptable, pragmatic solution appears within reach. However, the authorities should act quickly to avoid a costly bailout of the system.
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ISCR; CR; GDP; Nicaragua; free zone; commodity; transfer pricing; CPS deficit; export tax free zones; commodity export; CPS balance; trade shock; commodity TP regulation; Pension spending; Pensions; Climate change; Natural disasters; Global; Caribbean; Central America
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Asia and Pacific
Small States Monitor, April 2014: Volume 1, Issue 1
Ms. Shari Boyce, Mr. Sergei Dodzin, Mr. Xuefei Bai, Ezequiel Cabezon, Mr. Fazurin Jamaludin, Mr. Yiqun Wu, and Ms. Rosanne Heller

Abstract

The work on the small states is an important component of the IMF’s global policy agenda. Among the 36 member countries covered by the IMF Asia and Pacific Department (APD), 13 countries are developing small states—most of which are Pacific islands. As part of APD’s ongoing effort to increase its engagement with regional small states and their development partners and enhance information sharing within the IMF, this issue marks the launch of the APD Small States Monitor, a quarterly bulletin featuring the latest economic developments, country notes from the most recent Article IV staff reports, special topics, past and upcoming events, and forthcoming IMF research on small states. In future issues, we will also host contributions from the authorities of small states and their development partners on key policy topics. Our goal is to exchange knowledge and deepen our understanding of the policy challenges these economies face to better tailor our policy advice.

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MISC PERIOD; Misc.; IMF staff estimate; household debt; commodity exporter; IMF Asia; fishing license fee; APD small states outlook; Agroindustries; Fiscal stance; Natural disasters; Income tax systems; Pacific Islands; Asia and Pacific; Global