Volume/Issue: 2020/141
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
April
2020
ISBN: 9781513542515
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Mozambique is expected to be significantly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, dashing pr...
Volume/Issue: 2020/141
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
April
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513542515.002
ISBN: 9781513542515
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Mozambique is expected to be significantly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, dashing pr...
Volume/Issue: 2020/141
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
April
2020
ISBN: 9781513542515
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Mozambique is expected to be significantly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, dashing pr...
Volume/Issue: 2020/141
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
April
2020
ISBN: 9781513542515
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Mozambique is expected to be significantly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, dashing pr...
Volume/Issue: 2020/141
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
April
2020
ISBN: 9781513542515
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Mozambique is expected to be significantly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, dashing pr...
Volume: 20
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
April
2020
ISBN: 9781513540603
This paper proposes that the Executive Board determine that the global COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a Qualifying Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Conta...
Volume: 20
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
April
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513540603.007
ISBN: 9781513540603
This paper proposes that the Executive Board determine that the global COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a Qualifying Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Conta...
Volume: 20
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
April
2020
ISBN: 9781513540603
This paper proposes that the Executive Board determine that the global COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a Qualifying Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Conta...
Volume/Issue: 2019/276
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
Authorities
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2019
Language: Portuguese
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513512167.002
ISBN: 9781513512167
Mozambique's economy is at a turning point, and efforts to address governance and
corruption vulnerabilities can have a lasting positive impact. The current levels of public
debt have caused us to take a hard look...
Volume/Issue: 2019/276
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
Authorities
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2019
Language: Portuguese
ISBN: 9781513512167
Mozambique's economy is at a turning point, and efforts to address governance and
corruption vulnerabilities can have a lasting positive impact. The current levels of public
debt have caused us to take a hard look...
Volume/Issue: 2019/276
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
Authorities
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
23
August
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513511979.002
ISBN: 9781513511979
This Diagnostic Report on Transparency, Governance and Corruption for the Republic of Mozambique highlights that the economy is at a turning point, and efforts to address governance and corruption vulnerabilities c...
Volume/Issue: 2019/276
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
Authorities
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
23
August
2019
ISBN: 9781513511979
This Diagnostic Report on Transparency, Governance and Corruption for the Republic of Mozambique highlights that the economy is at a turning point, and efforts to address governance and corruption vulnerabilities c...
Volume/Issue: 2019/166
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498319997
Mozambique's economic situation had been improving until Tropical Cyclone Idai and Kenneth hit the country in March and April, respectively. Economic growth was recovering gradually and becoming broader based, and...
Volume/Issue: 2019/166
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498319997.002
ISBN: 9781498319997
Mozambique's economic situation had been improving until Tropical Cyclone Idai and Kenneth hit the country in March and April, respectively. Economic growth was recovering gradually and becoming broader based, and...
Volume/Issue: 2019/167
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498320009.002
ISBN: 9781498320009
Selected Issues...
Volume/Issue: 2019/166
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498319997
Mozambique's economic situation had been improving until Tropical Cyclone Idai and Kenneth hit the country in March and April, respectively. Economic growth was recovering gradually and becoming broader based, and...
Volume/Issue: 2019/167
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498320009
Selected Issues...
Volume/Issue: 2019/167
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498320009
Selected Issues...
Volume/Issue: 2019/166
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498319997
Mozambique's economic situation had been improving until Tropical Cyclone Idai and Kenneth hit the country in March and April, respectively. Economic growth was recovering gradually and becoming broader based, and...
Volume/Issue: 2019/166
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498319997
Mozambique's economic situation had been improving until Tropical Cyclone Idai and Kenneth hit the country in March and April, respectively. Economic growth was recovering gradually and becoming broader based, and...
Volume/Issue: 2019/136
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
May
2019
ISBN: 9781498315531
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Reflecting the large budgetary and external financing gaps arising from emergency assistance and reconst...
Volume/Issue: 2019/136
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
May
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498315531.002
ISBN: 9781498315531
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Reflecting the large budgetary and external financing gaps arising from emergency assistance and reconst...
Volume/Issue: 2019/136
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
May
2019
ISBN: 9781498315531
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Reflecting the large budgetary and external financing gaps arising from emergency assistance and reconst...
Volume/Issue: 2019/136
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
May
2019
ISBN: 9781498315531
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Reflecting the large budgetary and external financing gaps arising from emergency assistance and reconst...
Volume/Issue: 2019/136
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
May
2019
ISBN: 9781498315531
This paper discusses Republic of Mozambique's Request for Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Reflecting the large budgetary and external financing gaps arising from emergency assistance and reconst...
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: 2018/1
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...
Volume/Issue: 2018/65
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345597
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Mozambique decelerated in 2016 to 3.8 percent (from 6.6 percent in 2015). The latest data show that the economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, driven by a r...
Volume/Issue: 2018/65
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484345597.002
ISBN: 9781484345597
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Mozambique decelerated in 2016 to 3.8 percent (from 6.6 percent in 2015). The latest data show that the economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, driven by a r...
Volume/Issue: 2018/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484345634.002
ISBN: 9781484345634
This Selected Issues paper documents the main features of the current monetary policy regime in Mozambique, describe ongoing structural policy changes announced by the central bank, and analyze the main challenges...
Volume/Issue: 2018/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345634
This Selected Issues paper documents the main features of the current monetary policy regime in Mozambique, describe ongoing structural policy changes announced by the central bank, and analyze the main challenges...
Volume/Issue: 2018/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345634
This Selected Issues paper documents the main features of the current monetary policy regime in Mozambique, describe ongoing structural policy changes announced by the central bank, and analyze the main challenges...
Volume/Issue: 2018/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345634
This Selected Issues paper documents the main features of the current monetary policy regime in Mozambique, describe ongoing structural policy changes announced by the central bank, and analyze the main challenges...
Volume/Issue: 2018/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345634
This Selected Issues paper documents the main features of the current monetary policy regime in Mozambique, describe ongoing structural policy changes announced by the central bank, and analyze the main challenges...
Volume/Issue: 2018/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345634
This Selected Issues paper documents the main features of the current monetary policy regime in Mozambique, describe ongoing structural policy changes announced by the central bank, and analyze the main challenges...
Volume/Issue: 2018/65
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345597
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Mozambique decelerated in 2016 to 3.8 percent (from 6.6 percent in 2015). The latest data show that the economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, driven by a r...
Volume/Issue: 2018/65
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345597
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Mozambique decelerated in 2016 to 3.8 percent (from 6.6 percent in 2015). The latest data show that the economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, driven by a r...
Volume/Issue: 2018/65
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345597
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Mozambique decelerated in 2016 to 3.8 percent (from 6.6 percent in 2015). The latest data show that the economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, driven by a r...
Volume/Issue: 2018/65
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345597
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Mozambique decelerated in 2016 to 3.8 percent (from 6.6 percent in 2015). The latest data show that the economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, driven by a r...
Volume/Issue: 2018/65
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484345597
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Mozambique decelerated in 2016 to 3.8 percent (from 6.6 percent in 2015). The latest data show that the economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, driven by a r...
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: 2017/156
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Leandro Medina
,
Andrew Jonelis
, and
Mehmet Cangul
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
July
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484305942.001
ISBN: 9781484305942
The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized because GDP is used both as a cause and indicator variable....
Volume/Issue: 2017/156
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Leandro Medina
,
Andrew Jonelis
, and
Mehmet Cangul
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
July
2017
ISBN: 9781484305942
The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized because GDP is used both as a cause and indicator variable....
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: 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...
Volume/Issue: 2016/111
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Dalia Hakura
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Monique Newiak
,
Vimal Thakoor
, and
Fan Yang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484382349.001
ISBN: 9781484382349
A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that inequality-income or gender related-can
impede economic growth. Using dynamic panel regressions and new time series data, this paper
finds that both income and gen...
Volume/Issue: 2016/111
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Dalia Hakura
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Monique Newiak
,
Vimal Thakoor
, and
Fan Yang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
2016
ISBN: 9781484382349
A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that inequality-income or gender related-can
impede economic growth. Using dynamic panel regressions and new time series data, this paper
finds that both income and gen...
Volume/Issue: 2016/9
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781484395950
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite lower commodity prices and a weaker global environment, Mozambique's economic prospects remain positive given planned massive investment in natural resource...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513539065.002
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/9
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484395950.002
ISBN: 9781484395950
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite lower commodity prices and a weaker global environment, Mozambique's economic prospects remain positive given planned massive investment in natural resource...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/9
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781484395950
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite lower commodity prices and a weaker global environment, Mozambique's economic prospects remain positive given planned massive investment in natural resource...
Volume/Issue: 2016/9
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781484395950
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite lower commodity prices and a weaker global environment, Mozambique's economic prospects remain positive given planned massive investment in natural resource...
Volume/Issue: 2016/9
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781484395950
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite lower commodity prices and a weaker global environment, Mozambique's economic prospects remain positive given planned massive investment in natural resource...
Volume/Issue: 2016/9
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781484395950
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite lower commodity prices and a weaker global environment, Mozambique's economic prospects remain positive given planned massive investment in natural resource...
Volume/Issue: 2016/9
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781484395950
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite lower commodity prices and a weaker global environment, Mozambique's economic prospects remain positive given planned massive investment in natural resource...
Volume/Issue: 2015/268
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
December
2015
ISBN: 9781513591315
This paper studies the role of fiscal policies and institutions in building resilience in sub-Saharan African countries during 1990-2013, with specific emphasis on a group of twenty-six countries that were deemed f...
Volume/Issue: 2015/268
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
December
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513591315.001
ISBN: 9781513591315
This paper studies the role of fiscal policies and institutions in building resilience in sub-Saharan African countries during 1990-2013, with specific emphasis on a group of twenty-six countries that were deemed f...
Volume/Issue: 2015/7
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Enrique Gelbard
,
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Ulrich Jacoby
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Marco Pani
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
November
2015
Language: French
ISBN: 9781513579771
Origines de la fragilité
Pourquoi certains pays sont-ils fragiles? De très nombreuses études théoriques et empiriques ont mis en en avant plusieurs facteurs à l’origine (ou, plus gén...
Volume/Issue: 2015/7
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Enrique Gelbard
,
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Ulrich Jacoby
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Marco Pani
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
November
2015
Language: French
ISBN: 9781513579771
Ce document analyse la persistance de la fragilité dans certains pays d'Afrique subsaharienne et la coexistence de multiples dimensions de la faiblesse de l'État. L'étude passe également en revue les caractéristiqu...
Volume/Issue: 2015/7
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Enrique Gelbard
,
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Ulrich Jacoby
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Marco Pani
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
November
2015
Language: French
ISBN: 9781513579771
Ce chapitre examine l’ordre dans lequel les politiques ont été adoptées dans les sept pays d’Afrique (Cameroun, Éthiopie, Mozambique, Niger, Nigéria, Rwanda et Ouganda) qui ont gagn...
Volume/Issue: 2015/7
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Enrique Gelbard
,
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Ulrich Jacoby
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Marco Pani
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
November
2015
Language: French
ISBN: 9781513579771
De nombreux travaux de recherche ont apporté un éclairage sur les facteurs de fragilité d’un pays ainsi que sur les conditions et les politiques susceptibles d’accroître sa résilience. L’expérience de chaque...
Volume/Issue: 2015/7
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Enrique Gelbard
,
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Ulrich Jacoby
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Marco Pani
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
November
2015
Language: French
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513579771.087
ISBN: 9781513579771
Ce document analyse la persistance de la fragilité dans certains pays d'Afrique subsaharienne et la coexistence de multiples dimensions de la faiblesse de l'État. L'étude passe également en revue les caractéristiqu...
Volume/Issue: 2015/7
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Enrique Gelbard
,
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Ulrich Jacoby
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Marco Pani
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
November
2015
Language: French
ISBN: 9781513579771
Les causes de fragilité étant liées non seulement aux conditions politiques et économiques présentes, mais aussi à l’histoire des sociétés, il n’existe pas de feuille de route universelle pour parvenir à la...
Volume/Issue: 2015/7
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Enrique Gelbard
,
Corinne Deléchat
,
Ejona Fuli
,
Mumtaz Hussain
,
Ulrich Jacoby
,
Dafina Glaser
,
Marco Pani
,
Gustavo Ramirez
, and
Rui Xu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
November
2015
Language: French
ISBN: 9781513579771
Le développement économique et humain des États «fragiles», c’est-à-dire ceux dont les pouvoirs publics ne sont pas en mesure d’assurer les services de base et la sécurité nécessair...