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Cover IMF How To Notes
How to Assess the Benefits of Nonperforming Loan Disposal in Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Simple Analytical Framework
Irina Bunda
,
Luc Eyraud
, and
Zhangrui Wang
The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, which has hit financial systems across Africa, is likely to deteriorate banks’ balance sheets. The largest threat to banks pertains to their loan portfolios, since many borrowers have faced a sharp collapse in their income, and therefore have difficulty repaying their obligations as they come due. This could lead to a sharp increase in nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the short to medium term.
Keywords:
Nonperforming loan disposal; Excel template; disposal strategy; raise capital requirement; loan portfolio; management cost; Nonperforming loans; Loans; Distressed assets; Financial statements; Collateral; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa
Cover Finance & Development
Finance & Development, June 2005
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
The paper highlights that over the past century, access to education has increased enormously, illiteracy has fallen dramatically, and a higher proportion of people are completing primary, secondary, or tertiary education than ever before. But huge problems remain. About 115 million children of primary school age are not currently enrolled in school. Most are illiterate and live in absolute poverty—the majority female. Some 264 million children of secondary school age are not currently enrolled, and the quality of schooling is often low.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; primary education; government; spending; debt; Turkey's State Institute of Statistics; policy challenge; country focus; project co-director; UPE goal; Loans; Stock markets; Capital markets; Global; Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa; East Asia; South Asia
Cover IMF Working Papers
How Volatile and Unpredictable Are Aid Flows, and What Are the Policy Implications?
Mr. A. J Hamann
and
Mr. Ales Bulir
This paper examines empirical evidence on the volatility and uncertainty of aid flows, and the main policy implications. Aid is found to be more volatile than fiscal revenues- particularly in highly aid-dependent countries-and mildly procyclical in relation to activity in the recipient country. These findings imply that the current pattern of aid disbursements is welfare-reducing. We also find that uncertainty about aid disbursements is large and that the information content of commitments made by donors is either very small or statistically insignificant. Policies to cope with these features of aid, as well as broader international efforts to reduce the volatility and procyclicality of aid, are briefly discussed.
Keywords:
WP; disbursement; country; correlation coefficient; IMF-program projection; external aid; volatility; predictability; IMF-supported programs; program aid; IMF country desk economist; aid disbursement; recipient country; aid-to-revenue ratio; rank correlation correlation coefficient; donor country; reform effort; IMF program projection; Aid flows; Loans; Budget planning and preparation; Exchange rates; Sub-Saharan Africa
Cover IMF Survey
IMF Survey: Volume 28, Issue 01
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen to podcasts given by top IMF economists on important issues in the global economy. www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx
Keywords:
SV; IMF's Administration Department; structural adjustment Facility; ESAF arrangement; IMF Deputy managing director Shigemitsu Sugisaki; contingency financing facility; IMF Deputy managing director Alassane D. Ouattara; reserve facility; Lender of last resort; SDR interest rate; International monetary system; Inflation; Africa; Global; Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa; Southeast Asia