Volume/Issue: 2020/303
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
November
2020
ISBN: 9781513561493
A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted by IMF's Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFS)1 during June 8-12, 2020 to assist Statistics Botswana (SB) in improving the quality of the n...
Volume/Issue: 2020/303
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
November
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513561493.002
ISBN: 9781513561493
A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted by IMF's Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFS)1 during June 8-12, 2020 to assist Statistics Botswana (SB) in improving the quality of the n...
Volume/Issue: 2020/78
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
March
2020
ISBN: 9781513537375
This 2019 Article IV Consultation focuses on Botswana near- and medium-term challenges and policy priorities and was prepared before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and resulted in unprecedented strains in global...
Volume/Issue: 2020/78
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
March
2020
ISBN: 9781513537375
This 2019 Article IV Consultation focuses on Botswana near- and medium-term challenges and policy priorities and was prepared before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and resulted in unprecedented strains in global...
Volume/Issue: 2020/78
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
March
2020
ISBN: 9781513537375
This 2019 Article IV Consultation focuses on Botswana near- and medium-term challenges and policy priorities and was prepared before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and resulted in unprecedented strains in global...
Volume/Issue: 2020/78
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
March
2020
ISBN: 9781513537375
This 2019 Article IV Consultation focuses on Botswana near- and medium-term challenges and policy priorities and was prepared before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and resulted in unprecedented strains in global...
Volume/Issue: 2020/78
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
March
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513537375.002
ISBN: 9781513537375
This 2019 Article IV Consultation focuses on Botswana near- and medium-term challenges and policy priorities and was prepared before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and resulted in unprecedented strains in global...
Volume/Issue: 2020/78
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
March
2020
ISBN: 9781513537375
This 2019 Article IV Consultation focuses on Botswana near- and medium-term challenges and policy priorities and was prepared before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and resulted in unprecedented strains in global...
Volume/Issue: 2020/53
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
February
2020
ISBN: 9781513530901
This paper presents the Technical Assistance report National Accounts Mission in Botswana. As a result of recommendations made during the previous mission, Statistics Botswana (SB) have revised the release date for...
Volume/Issue: 2020/53
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
February
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513530901.002
ISBN: 9781513530901
This paper presents the Technical Assistance report National Accounts Mission in Botswana. As a result of recommendations made during the previous mission, Statistics Botswana (SB) have revised the release date for...
Volume/Issue: 2019/149
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498318044
This paper discusses results of a technical assistance report prepared to assist Statistics Botswana (SB) improve the quality of the national accounts statistics. SB is currently rebasing the annual national accoun...
Volume/Issue: 2019/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498319065
This paper discusses the report on Botswana by technical assistance mission conducted in response to a request from Statistics Botswana (SB) to assist with updating the consumer price index (CPI) and to review prog...
Volume/Issue: 2019/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
June
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498319065.002
ISBN: 9781498319065
This paper discusses the report on Botswana by technical assistance mission conducted in response to a request from Statistics Botswana (SB) to assist with updating the consumer price index (CPI) and to review prog...
Volume/Issue: 2019/149
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
June
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498318044.002
ISBN: 9781498318044
This paper discusses results of a technical assistance report prepared to assist Statistics Botswana (SB) improve the quality of the national accounts statistics. SB is currently rebasing the annual national accoun...
Volume/Issue: 2019/1
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Amine Hammadi
,
Marshall Mills
,
Nelson Sobrinho
,
Vimal Thakoor
, and
Ricardo Velloso
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484354872
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of
governance and perceptions of corruption. Weak governance undermines economic
performance through various channels, includin...
Volume/Issue: 2019/1
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Amine Hammadi
,
Marshall Mills
,
Nelson Sobrinho
,
Vimal Thakoor
, and
Ricardo Velloso
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
January
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484354872.001
ISBN: 9781484354872
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of
governance and perceptions of corruption. Weak governance undermines economic
performance through various channels, includin...
Volume/Issue: 2018/349
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
December
2018
ISBN: 9781484387955
In response to a request for IMF technical assistance (TA) made by the Botswana authorities and in consultation with the IMF's African Department, a government finance statistics
(GFS) TA mission from the IMF's St...
Volume/Issue: 2018/348
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
December
2018
ISBN: 9781484387887
In response to a request for IMF technical assistance (TA) made by the Botswana authorities and in consultation with the IMF's African Department, a government finance statistics
(GFS) TA mission from the IMF's St...
Volume/Issue: 2018/350
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
December
2018
ISBN: 9781484388013
A Government Finance Statistics (GFS) technical assistance (TA) mission visited Gaborone, Botswana, during October 9-20, 2017 to support the Botswana Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MFED) in improving...
Volume/Issue: 2018/349
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
December
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484387955.002
ISBN: 9781484387955
In response to a request for IMF technical assistance (TA) made by the Botswana authorities and in consultation with the IMF's African Department, a government finance statistics
(GFS) TA mission from the IMF's St...
Volume/Issue: 2018/348
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
December
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484387887.002
ISBN: 9781484387887
In response to a request for IMF technical assistance (TA) made by the Botswana authorities and in consultation with the IMF's African Department, a government finance statistics
(GFS) TA mission from the IMF's St...
Volume/Issue: 2018/350
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
December
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484388013.002
ISBN: 9781484388013
A Government Finance Statistics (GFS) technical assistance (TA) mission visited Gaborone, Botswana, during October 9-20, 2017 to support the Botswana Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MFED) in improving...
Volume/Issue: 2018/268
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375426
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that sizable buffers and prudent policies have kept Botswana's economy stable despite diamond market weakness and volatility. In 2017, despite higher diamond production,...
Volume/Issue: 2018/268
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375426
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that sizable buffers and prudent policies have kept Botswana's economy stable despite diamond market weakness and volatility. In 2017, despite higher diamond production,...
Volume/Issue: 2018/268
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375426
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that sizable buffers and prudent policies have kept Botswana's economy stable despite diamond market weakness and volatility. In 2017, despite higher diamond production,...
Volume/Issue: 2018/268
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484375426.002
ISBN: 9781484375426
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that sizable buffers and prudent policies have kept Botswana's economy stable despite diamond market weakness and volatility. In 2017, despite higher diamond production,...
Volume/Issue: 2018/268
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375426
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that sizable buffers and prudent policies have kept Botswana's economy stable despite diamond market weakness and volatility. In 2017, despite higher diamond production,...
Volume/Issue: 2018/1
Series: Spillover Notes
Author(s):
Francisco Arizala
,
Matthieu Bellon
,
Margaux MacDonald
,
Montfort Mlachila
, and
Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484367148.062
ISBN: 9781484367148
After close to two decades of strong economic activity, overall growth in sub-Saharan Africa decelerated markedly in 2015-16 as the largest economies experienced negative or flat growth. Regional growth started rec...
Volume/Issue: 2018/1
Series: Spillover Notes
Author(s):
Francisco Arizala
,
Matthieu Bellon
,
Margaux MacDonald
,
Montfort Mlachila
, and
Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2018
ISBN: 9781484367148
After close to two decades of strong economic activity, overall growth in sub-Saharan Africa decelerated markedly in 2015-16 as the largest economies experienced negative or flat growth. Regional growth started rec...
Volume/Issue: 2018/10
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Niko Hobdari
,
Vina Nguyen
,
Salvatore Dell'Erba
, and
Edgardo Ruggiero
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
July
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484358269.087
ISBN: 9781484358269
Fiscal decentralization is becoming a pressing issue in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting demands for a greater local voice in spending decisions and efforts to strengthen social cohesion. Aga...
Volume/Issue: 2018/9
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Karim Barhoumi
,
Ha Vu
,
Shirin Nikaein Towfighian
, and
Rodolfo Maino
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
July
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484360019.087
ISBN: 9781484360019
There is significant room to improve public investment efficiency in
sub-Saharan Africa. Investment in sub-Saharan African countries is lagging vis-à-vis peers such as emerging and developing Asia as well as Latin...
Volume/Issue: 2018/10
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Niko Hobdari
,
Vina Nguyen
,
Salvatore Dell'Erba
, and
Edgardo Ruggiero
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
July
2018
ISBN: 9781484358269
Fiscal decentralization is becoming a pressing issue in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting demands for a greater local voice in spending decisions and efforts to strengthen social cohesion. Aga...
Volume/Issue: 2018/9
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Karim Barhoumi
,
Ha Vu
,
Shirin Nikaein Towfighian
, and
Rodolfo Maino
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
July
2018
ISBN: 9781484360019
There is significant room to improve public investment efficiency in
sub-Saharan Africa. Investment in sub-Saharan African countries is lagging vis-à-vis peers such as emerging and developing Asia as well as Latin...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
In this chapter
1
we aim to identify the main determinants of inflation in the Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centra...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
In the preceding chapter, we presented a semi-structural New Keynesian open economy model for low-income countries, and applied it to Kenya. We found that the model co...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
In this chapter we provide (i) an overview of some of the structural features of the economies of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and (ii) a systematic characterization of ec...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
Central banks and researchers in low-income countries often use structural vector auto-regression (SVAR) models estimated on aggregate macroeconomic data to develop a...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
As discussed in Chapter 6, recent empirical work has failed to find much evidence of a monetary transmission mechanism in low-income countries, including in Africa. So...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
Central banks in low-income countries (LICs) have been adopting elements of inflation targeting since the mid-1990s, including an elevated focus on price stability and...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
Over the past two decades, numerous monetary authorities have used inflation targeting to solve a chronic inflation problem.
1...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
The Bank of Uganda (BOU) introduced its inflation targeting (IT) monetary policy framework in July 2011, replacing a monetary targeting (MT) framework which had been i...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
After facing some challenges in the conduct of monetary policy and to further legitimize their commitment to a low and stable inflation, central banks of the East Afri...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
Our understanding of monetary policy in LICs, as with any economic subject, must be fundamentally empirical. Theory is unlikely to give an unambiguous answer to any important policy...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
The chapters in Part II reflect our efforts over the last few years to use simple dynamic general equilibrium models to analyse monetary policy issues facing sub-Saharan African (SS...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
In Part III we present various applications of quantitative dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models to SSA countries. Unlike the previous chapters, which provided broad guidance, the emphasis here is o...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
Monetary policy is defined by the objectives, targets, and instruments that both guide and characterize the behaviour of central banks.
1...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
Understanding the impact of the global financial crisis in low-income countries (LICs) is an important task for national authorities and international organizations....
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
Central banks (CBs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have made great progress over the past two decades in stabilizing inflation, to single digits on average, in the contex...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9780198785811.071
ISBN: 9780198785811
Monetary policy in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) has undergone an important transformation in recent decades. With the advent of sustained growth and generally stable fiscal policies in much of the region, many countries...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
Monetary policy in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) has undergone an important transformation in recent decades. With the advent of sustained growth and generally stable fiscal policies in much of the region, many countries...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
Monetary policy in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) has undergone an important transformation in recent decades. With the advent of sustained growth and generally stable fiscal policies in much of the region, many countries...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
In this chapter
1
we use a stylized open-economy model to define, analytically, first-round effects on inflation stemming from intern...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
This chapter introduces a theme to which we return in several of the chapters of the book—the role of money targets. This theme grows out of the fact that, as discusse...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
Central banks in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have had a mixed inflation performance in recent years.
1
On the one hand, since the early...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
In this chapter, we attempt to learn about the transmission mechanism by looking closely at a set of related cases in which policymakers in four countries (Kenya, Ugan...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Rafael Portillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
27
April
2018
ISBN: 9780198785811
1 Introduction
African countries are exposed to a variety of external shocks, which can generate large swings in output, inflation, and the balance of payments. The impact on the dom...
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...
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...
Volume/Issue: 2017/202
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Francisco Arizala
,
Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia
,
Charalambos Tsangarides
, and
Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
September
2017
ISBN: 9781484314166
This paper examines the growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since 1960
through the lens of growth turning points (accelerations and decelerations) and periods of
sustained growth (growth spells). Gr...
Volume/Issue: 2017/202
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Francisco Arizala
,
Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia
,
Charalambos Tsangarides
, and
Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
September
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484314166.001
ISBN: 9781484314166
This paper examines the growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since 1960
through the lens of growth turning points (accelerations and decelerations) and periods of
sustained growth (growth spells). Gr...
Volume/Issue: 2017/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
ISBN: 9781484314906
This Selected Issues paper examines the stability of the financial sector in Botswana. The financial system has grown rapidly over the years, but there is still substantial scope for expansion. Banks, institutional...
Volume/Issue: 2017/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
ISBN: 9781484314906
This Selected Issues paper examines the stability of the financial sector in Botswana. The financial system has grown rapidly over the years, but there is still substantial scope for expansion. Banks, institutional...
Volume/Issue: 2017/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
ISBN: 9781484314906
This Selected Issues paper examines the stability of the financial sector in Botswana. The financial system has grown rapidly over the years, but there is still substantial scope for expansion. Banks, institutional...
Volume/Issue: 2017/249
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
ISBN: 9781484314814
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights the recovery of Botswana's economic activity in 2016: real GDP growth was 4.3 percent. Mineral production has remained subdued, but diamond sales rebounded as conditions...
Volume/Issue: 2017/249
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
ISBN: 9781484314814
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights the recovery of Botswana's economic activity in 2016: real GDP growth was 4.3 percent. Mineral production has remained subdued, but diamond sales rebounded as conditions...
Volume/Issue: 2017/249
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
ISBN: 9781484314814
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights the recovery of Botswana's economic activity in 2016: real GDP growth was 4.3 percent. Mineral production has remained subdued, but diamond sales rebounded as conditions...
Volume/Issue: 2017/249
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484314814.002
ISBN: 9781484314814
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights the recovery of Botswana's economic activity in 2016: real GDP growth was 4.3 percent. Mineral production has remained subdued, but diamond sales rebounded as conditions...
Volume/Issue: 2017/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
August
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484314906.002
ISBN: 9781484314906
This Selected Issues paper examines the stability of the financial sector in Botswana. The financial system has grown rapidly over the years, but there is still substantial scope for expansion. Banks, institutional...
Volume/Issue: 2017/188
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
July
2017
ISBN: 9781484307489
This Technical Assistance Report presents an assessment of public investment management in Botswana. Botswana's public investment has been consistently high for the past 25 years coupled with prudent fiscal policy...
Volume/Issue: 2017/188
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
July
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484307489.002
ISBN: 9781484307489
This Technical Assistance Report presents an assessment of public investment management in Botswana. Botswana's public investment has been consistently high for the past 25 years coupled with prudent fiscal policy...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
Structural transformation in output and employment in sub-Saharan Africa has become a major concern of development economists. This is because analysis of past trends suggests that while the output transform...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
Structural transformation has become a widely used macroeconomic measure of the quality of the economic development process.
1
It is widely accepted that in order for it to happen...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
This chapter uses the previously developed output and employment projections and analyzes what they mean for medium-term structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. The methodology for the projections i...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
Productivity Transformation
The employment and output data were combined to make assessments of the speed of structural adjustment in sub-Saharan Africa compared with Asian countries...
Volume: 17
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475583397.087
ISBN: 9781475583397
This paper provides the most complete analysis of the structural transformation among low- and low-middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa to date....
Volume: 17
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
This paper provides the most complete analysis of the structural transformation among low- and low-middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa to date....
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Louise Fox
,
Alun Thomas
, and
Cleary Haines
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475583397
This paper provides the most complete analysis of the structural transformation among low- and low-middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa to date....
Volume/Issue: 2017/49
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2017
ISBN: 9781475578720
This Technical Assistance Report evaluates the banking sector safety net and crisis management in Botswana. The current legislative framework guiding bank resolution and financial sector crisis management is weak,...
Volume/Issue: 2017/49
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475578720.002
ISBN: 9781475578720
This Technical Assistance Report evaluates the banking sector safety net and crisis management in Botswana. The current legislative framework guiding bank resolution and financial sector crisis management is weak,...
Volume/Issue: 2016/247
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Emre Alper
,
Niko Hobdari
, and
Ali Uppal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
December
2016
ISBN: 9781475563115
This paper analyzes food inflation trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 2000 to 2016 using two
novel datasets of disaggregated CPI baskets. Average food inflation is higher, more volatile, and
similarly persiste...
Volume/Issue: 2016/247
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Emre Alper
,
Niko Hobdari
, and
Ali Uppal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
December
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475563115.001
ISBN: 9781475563115
This paper analyzes food inflation trends in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 2000 to 2016 using two
novel datasets of disaggregated CPI baskets. Average food inflation is higher, more volatile, and
similarly persiste...
Volume/Issue: 2016/09
Series: Spillover Notes
Author(s):
Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia
,
Ermal Hitaj
,
Montfort Mlachila
,
Arina Viseth
, and
Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
November
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475546668.062
ISBN: 9781475546668
Amid rapid population growth, migration in sub-Saharan Africa has been increasing briskly over the last 20 years. Up to the 1990s, the stock of migrants-citizens of one country living in another country-was dominat...
Volume/Issue: 2016/09
Series: Spillover Notes
Author(s):
Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia
,
Ermal Hitaj
,
Montfort Mlachila
,
Arina Viseth
, and
Mustafa Yenice
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
November
2016
ISBN: 9781475546668
Amid rapid population growth, migration in sub-Saharan Africa has been increasing briskly over the last 20 years. Up to the 1990s, the stock of migrants-citizens of one country living in another country-was dominat...
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...
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...
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...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Tetsuya Konuki
, and
Mauricio Villafuerte
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513563541
The Business Cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa
First, this chapter illustrates the stylized facts of the business cycle dynamics among sub-Saharan African countries in recent years. While...
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 factors that may influence the way fiscal policy has been conducted over the business cycle—that is, the degree of fiscal policy procyclicality—in each of the sample sub-Saharan African...
Volume/Issue: 2016/133
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Robert Dippelsman
,
Venkat Josyula
, and
Eric Métreau
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
July
2016
ISBN: 9781475569339
There are two approaches for producing volume estimates of GDP, fixed base year and annual chaining. While most advanced economies have adopted the chain-linked approach in the past twenty years, some African count...
Volume/Issue: 2016/133
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Robert Dippelsman
,
Venkat Josyula
, and
Eric Métreau
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
July
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475569339.001
ISBN: 9781475569339
There are two approaches for producing volume estimates of GDP, fixed base year and annual chaining. While most advanced economies have adopted the chain-linked approach in the past twenty years, some African count...
Volume/Issue: 2016/118
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christine Dieterich
,
Anni Huang
, and
Alun Thomas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
June
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484388518.001
ISBN: 9781484388518
As labor market data is scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this paper uses household survey data to
analyze the determinants of the gender gap in the labor market and its welfare implications for five SSA
countrie...
Volume/Issue: 2016/118
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christine Dieterich
,
Anni Huang
, and
Alun Thomas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
June
2016
ISBN: 9781484388518
As labor market data is scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this paper uses household survey data to
analyze the determinants of the gender gap in the labor market and its welfare implications for five SSA
countrie...
