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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
West African Economic and Monetary Union: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Selected Issues
Keywords:
sovereign bond market stage; deficit ceiling; sovereign bond market development; growth loss; stages of building block development; Securities markets; Debt limits; Securities; Total factor productivity; West Africa; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa; COVID-19
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Importing Inputs for Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of Agricultural Productivity
Mr. Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu
,
Alexis Meyer-Cirkel
,
Akira Sasahara
, and
Hans Weisfeld
This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to understand sources of cross-country variations in agricultural TFP levels and its growth rates. Two factors affecting agricultural TFP are analyzed in detail – imported intermediate inputs and climate. We first show that these two factors are independently important in explaining agricultural TFP – imported inputs raise agricultural TFP; and higher temperatures and rainfall shortages impede TFP growth, particularly in low-income countries (LICs). We also provide a new evidence that, within LICs, those with a higher import component of intermediate inputs seem to be more shielded from the negative impacts of weather shocks.
Keywords:
WP; growth rate; dummy variable; simple average; Agricultural Productivity; TFP; Imported Inputs; Weather Shocks; Climate Change Mitigation; LICs; TFP level; TFP growth rate; agricultural TFP; productivity measure TFP; rainfalls increase TFP; Total factor productivity; Agricultural sector; Personal income; Agricultural production; Global
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Burkina Faso: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This paper assesses the link between public investment and economic growth in Burkina Faso. It also evaluates Burkina Faso's external competitiveness by using a comparison of REER to its equilibrium levels and a survey-based assessment of overall competitiveness. The report attempts to quantify the impact of rainfall and terms-of-trade shocks on the Burkinabe economy and draws policy measures to lessen external shocks. The report assesses that industrial mining has become a source of foreign exchange and government revenue, which requires transparent management and accountability.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; mining company; terms of trade shock; import price; custom official; public investment; import cost; phase permit holder; Public investment spending; Terms of trade; Real effective exchange rates; Mining sector; Export prices; Global; Africa; Middle East; North Africa
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Mali: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper assesses the distributional effects of increased fuel prices on Mali. The paper applies cointegration analysis to simulate the evolution of Mali’s long-term equilibrium real exchange rate during the period 1982–2004. It assesses the impact of structural reforms on Mali’s aggregate output growth, using a growth accounting framework that disaggregates output growth into factor accumulation and total factor productivity (TFP). The paper also explores the scope for creating and using fiscal space over the medium term under a range of illustrative policy scenarios.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; price; Mali; expenditure; TFP growth; exchange rate competitiveness; policy reform option; reducing spending; expenditure effect; RER deviation; Fiscal space; Total factor productivity; Inflation; Oil prices; Fuel prices; West Africa; Global; Africa; East Asia
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Growth and Convergence in WAEMU Countries
Mr. Abdoul A Wane
This paper investigates convergence and dynamic effects of human and physical capital on growth, in WAEMU countries. Using recently developed models for panel data and a growth accounting model, the study finds that growth is largely explained by changes in literacy rates and factor accumulation, but not by growth of total factor productivity (TFP). Nevertheless, the panel estimation identifies aid, government spending, credit to the private sector, and openness as positive determinants of TFP growth, and government deficits as a negative determinant. The study also finds that per capita income in lower-income WAEMU countries converge to per capita income in higher-income ones when economic policies are similar. These results suggest opportunities for policymakers to enhance growth and convergence.
Keywords:
WP; TFP growth; WAEMU country; WAEMU economy; estimation method; total factor productivity growth; WAEMU zone
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IMF Survey, Volume 32, Issue 12
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
IMF Deputy Managing Director Eduardo Aninat leaves the IMF on July 1 to return to Chile, where he was Finance Minister from 1994–1999. Aninat joined the IMF’s four-member management team in December 1999, with broad responsibilities in running the IMF—including overseeing the launching of a major technical assistance initiative in Africa. He talks with Laura Wallace about the late May opening of the West Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (West AFRITAC) in Mali (see article below), seven months after the opening of a similar center in East Africa.
Keywords:
SV; IMF Concludes; IMF S; job; SDR; IMF executive board review; IMF publication service; IMF survey; visit to Uruguay; Health care; Oil; gas and mining taxes; Health care spending; Oil sector; Labor productivity; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; North America; Global
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Will there Be New Emerging-Market Economies in Africa b+L2280y the Year 2020?
Mr. Jean-Claude Berthélemy
and
Mr. Ludvig Söderling
This paper examines past African growth experience and attempts to simulate future ones. In addition to more commonly used determinants of total factor productivity, a measure of the effect of labor reallocation and an index of economic diversification are constructed and included as factors for long-term growth. A simple model is constructed for the purpose of simulating growth scenarios up to the year 2020 for Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Tanzania, and Uganda. Even if one makes relatively optimistic assumptions, Africa is not likely to reach "Asian tiger" levels of growth. The results also suggest that growth will depend, to a large extent, on educational investments and productivity gains in agriculture.
Keywords:
WP; terms of trade; Africa; growth; productivity; education; labor reallocation; diversification; reallocation effect; GDP ratio; CFA franc; production function; productivity gain; growth scenario; reallocation openness; diversification index; TFP gain; diversification gain; Cote d'Ivoire II; Human capital; Total factor productivity; Exports; Sub-Saharan Africa