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Cover IMF Survey
Bulletin du FMI vol. 35, n° 03, février 2006
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
En mettant l’accent sur le travail du FMI et sur les grandes questions macroéconomiques et financières internationales, le Bulletin du FMI présente une analyse des développements nationaux, régionaux et mondiaux, des informations sur le travail, les politiques, les réformes et les activités d'assistance technique du FMI, les conclusions d'études de calibre mondial, des données essentielles qui ne sont souvent pas disponibles ailleurs, ainsi que des rapports sur les discussions économiques et financières au sein du FMI et ailleurs. Publié douze fois par an, ce bulletin de seize pages s'adresse à un large public : dirigeants, analystes, chercheurs, étudiants et journalistes. Disponible en anglais, français et espagnol.
Keywords:
SV; IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings; special drawing rights; SDR interest rate; background color
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Boletín del FMI Vol.35, No.3 febrero 2006
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
La edición del Boletín del FMI para la web se actualiza varias veces a la semana, y contiene una amplia variedad de artículos sobre temas de actualidad en materia de políticas y economía. Conozca las últimas investigaciones del FMI, lea entrevistas y escuche entrevistas digitales a destacados economistas del FMI sobre importantes cuestiones de la economía mundial. www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx
Keywords:
SV; IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings; special drawing rights; SDR interest rate; background color
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IMF Survey, Volume 35, Issue 03
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
New IMF financial sector department; Short takes: Oman, C.A.R., Greece; Nobelist Wangari Matthai on sustainable development; Moldova and remittances; Financial globalization; VAT refunds; Emerging markets alter financial landscape.
Keywords:
SV; IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings; special drawing rights; SDR interest rate; background color; IMF-World Bank spring meeting; IMF HIPC assistance; IMF quota; IMF publication service; IMF participation; Emerging and frontier financial markets; Value-added tax; Women; Remittances; Global; Middle East; Africa; Asia and Pacific; Central Africa
Cover The Middle East and North Africa in a Changing Oil Market
The Middle East and North Africa in a Changing Oil Market
Mr. Bright E Okogu

Abstract

The world oil market has undergone a series of changes that have reduced the share of oil in the global energy balance and, with it, the influence of Middle Eastern oil exporters. In spite of oil’s loss of ground, however, Middle Eastern countries remain at the center of world oil developments. This paper focuses on the developments in the international oil market, the role of Middle Eastern countries therein, and the policy challenges arising from the dependency on oil.

Keywords:
MISC PUBS; Misc.; price; Opec; market share; OPEC output; demand; OPEC grip; OPEC price-setting practice; OPEC oil quota obligation; price collapse; MENA OPEC country; quota policy; price effect; term contract; OPEC reserve; OPEC pricing approach; supply share; reference price; Oil; Oil prices; Oil sector; gas and mining taxes; Natural gas sector; Middle East; Global
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Testing the Relationship Between Government Spending and Revenue: Evidence From GCC Countries
Mr. Qing Wang
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Mr. Ugo Fasano-Filho
The paper examines the direction of causality between total government expenditure and revenue in oil-dependent GCC countries by utilizing a cointegration and error-correction modeling framework, and by calculating a variance decomposition analysis. In addition, it presents impulse responses to shed light on the dynamic relation of expenditure to a revenue shock. The results confirm expectations that government spending follows oil revenue, suggesting a pro-cyclical expenditure policy to variations in oil revenue. To make budget expenditure less driven by revenue availability, the authorities could resort to a medium-term expenditure framework, so that expenditures can be planned and insulated from volatile short-term revenue availability.
Keywords:
WP; revenue; GCC country; government expenditure; fiscal policy; GCC countries; spent-revenue hypothesis; expenditure growth; oil revenue; revenue shock; expenditure decision; Fiscal stance; Oil prices; Oil; gas and mining taxes; Total expenditures; Global
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IMF Survey, Volume 31, Issue 16
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
George T. Abed, a Palestinian and a Jordanian national, took over this summer as Director of the IMF’s Middle Eastern Department. In his distinguished 20-year career at the IMF, he has worked on the Middle East and on fiscal policy issues worldwide. Outside the IMF, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and managed a development assistance foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. Laura Wallace spoke with him about the region’s prospects amid political tensions and difficult economic challenges. Besides modernizing the state and liberalizing the region’s economy, he stressed the paramount importance of democracy, human development, and attention to social needs.
Keywords:
SV; bottom; IMF Treasurer's Department; IMF Concludes; growth facility; fund Facility; IMF survey; IMF purchase; Unemployment; Oil; gas and mining taxes; Oil prices; Europe; Middle East; North Africa; Western Hemisphere; East Asia
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Review of the Experience with Oil Stabilization and Savings Funds in Selected Countries
Mr. Ugo Fasano-Filho
The main purposes of this paper are to review the operational modalities and experience of oil funds currently in place in Norway, Chile (copper), the State of Alaska, Venezuela, Kuwait, and Oman, and to draw some preliminary conclusions on their contribution to enhance fiscal management. The outcome so far of their experience has been mixed, with differences among countries reflecting the variety of objectives attached to the funds, the challenges in adhering to established rules, the institutional set-up. and the soundness of the overall fiscal discipline in each country (or state).
Keywords:
WP; fund; stabilization fund; fund staff estimate; savings fund; stabilization objective; oil stabilization fund; oil savings fund; oil exporting countries; Chile’s copper fund; dividend program; SGRF assets; Oil; gas and mining taxes; Oil prices; Budget planning and preparation
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Azerbaijan: Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund
This paper describes economic developments in the Azerbaijan Republic during the 1990s. Real GDP declined by more than 70 percent from 1992 to 1995, by which time high inflation had eroded real incomes, the exchange rate had weakened, and international reserves were nearly depleted. In early 1995, the authorities started a comprehensive stabilization program supported by the IMF’s Structural Transformation Facility. Fiscal and credit policies were tightened, while a number of structural reforms were introduced, mainly in the areas of exchange and trade liberalization.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; oil fund; broad money; fiscal policy; central bank; rate of return; economic activity; current account; foreign direct investment; Oil; Oil prices; Oil sector; gas and mining taxes; Oil production; Europe; Middle East; Eastern Europe; Asia and Pacific; Baltics