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Cover Policy Papers
Staff Guidance Note on Information Sharing in The Context of Sovereign Debt Restructurings
International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept. and International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
The guidance note sets out principles governing information sharing in the context of sovereign debt restructurings. It restates the existing Fund governance and policy guidelines for information sharing to help inform and harmonize practices across Fund country teams. In addition to outlining guiding principles applicable to information sharing, it provides guidance on what level of information can be shared during each stage of the restructuring and program design process and in the surveillance context
Keywords:
confidentiality; debt relief; debt sustainability analysis; executive board documents; external debt; fund policies; policy framework papers; political economy; publications; public debt; transparency; draft debt sustainability analysis; transparency policy; Fund staff; Fund arrangement; draft DSA document; restructuring process; Fund-supported program; analysis act; Debt sustainability; Debt restructuring; Sovereign debt restructuring
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Kingdom of Eswatini: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kingdom of Eswatini
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
This 2023 Article IV Consultation discusses that Eswatini has shown resilience to multiple economic shocks. While Eswatini has endured the pandemic and successive shocks from international commodity prices, fiscal and external buffers are low. In tandem, shifting from a state-led to a private sector and export-led growth model will be essential to achieve higher and sustained levels of inclusive growth necessary for poverty reduction. Focused efforts to address the underlying causes of recent civil unrest, together with concerted efforts to tackle gaps in governance, are also needed. Potential new shocks to food, fuel, and fertilizer prices and downward pressure on the external position and foreign exchange reserves are also risks. Delays in fiscal consolidation risk continued macroeconomic imbalances. Fiscal adjustment should continue to target a reduction in the public wage bill and transfers to public enterprises, but also a rationalization of Eswatini’s tax expenditure regime. Consolidation will need to be supported by stronger public financial management. Monetary and exchange rate policy should continue to focus on price stability and maintaining adequate reserves to safeguard the peg.
Keywords:
government payment; stabilization fund; CBE Law; excl. SACU revenue; exchange control data collection system; CBE balance sheet; Eswatini authorities; Public enterprises; Africa; Southern Africa; Global; East Africa
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
St. Lucia: Technical Assistance Report-Remote National Accounts Mission
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
This paper presents the technical assistance report on remote national accounts mission in St. Lucia. The improved estimates will improve the understanding of the Saint Lucia economy, notably the needs of the Ministry of Finance for more robust and timely national accounts statistics. This development will also help Saint Lucia meet the IMF Special Data Dissemination Standards requirements. Training has been provided on the different components of Gross Domestic Product by expenditure (GDP-E) for current price methods and price and volume measurement. The mission identified some research topics for the national accounts department as part of its development of GDP-E. This includes checking the quality of some indicators and identifying whether some sources are available at a lower level of detail. The mission also quality assured the current methods used for compiling accommodation in the production measure of GDP. In order to support progress toward the objectives, the mission recommended priority recommendations to make headway in improving Saint Lucia’s national accounts.
Keywords:
GDP; Expenditure GDP; Quarterly GDP; Constant Prices; Supply and Use Tables; GDP-E approach; consumption expenditure; GDP-E methodology; staff team of the International Monetary Fund; research issue; Civil society organizations; Consumer price indexes; Imports; Producer price indexes; Caribbean