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The concomitant external shocks experienced in 2008-09 by the East African Community (EAC) countries of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda and stepped-up support by the IMF—including the SDR allocation—and other donors, are likely to arouse renewed interest in the question of the adequate level of international reserves. This paper discusses the evolution of reserve holdings in EAC countries and uses several tools for assessing reserve adequacy in the region. The analysis suggests that reserve levels in most cases seem to include safety buffers, and thus, do not require immediate action. However, the situation could become tighter if export recovery is delayed or export prices do not pick up. Over the medium term, the desirable reserve path should also be adapted to regional and international integration.
Anke Hoeffler
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Ms. Catherine A Pattillo
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Mr. Paul Collier
This paper sets flight capital in the context of portfolio choice, focusing upon the proportion of private wealth that is held abroad. There are large regional differences in this proportion, ranging from 5 percent in South Asia to 40 percent in Africa. We explain cross-country differences in portfolio choice by variables that proxy differences in the risk-adjusted rate of return on capital. We apply the results to four policy questions: how the East Asian crisis affected domestic capital outflows; herd effects; the effect of the IMF-World Bank debt relief initiative for heavily-indebted poor countries (HIPC) on capital repatriation; and why so much of Africa’s private wealth is held outside the continent.
International Monetary Fund

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This book, written by the staff of the IMF Institute, offers a series of workshops on Kenya that are used as a case study in the Institute's course on Financial Analysis and Policy for officials of IMF member countries. The workshops combine theory and practice for a better understanding of the use of major financial policy instruments in the management of national economies.

International Monetary Fund

Abstract

This book written by the staff of the IMF Institute, offers a series of workshops on Kenya that are used as a case study in the Institute's course on Financial Analysis and Policy for officials of IMF member countries. The workshops combine theory and practice for a better understanding of the use of major financial policy instruments in the management of national economies.

International Monetary Fund

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In its courses on Financial Analysis and Policy, the IMF Institute for many years has utilized a set of integrated workshops designed to enable the participants to apply the analytical tools discussed in these courses to an actual situation in a member country of the International Monetary Fund. These workshops, which have been elaborated upon and refined over the years in the light of teaching experience, assist the participants in preparing a financial program for a given country. Such a program consists of a set of policies in the monetary, fiscal, and balance of payments fields to achieve a balance between financial resources and their use. Therefore, these workshops deal with the organization of statistical data in a relevant framework, the economic analysis of the data, and the formulation of policies to achieve desired objectives.

International Monetary Fund

Abstract

In its courses on Financial Analysis and Policy, the IMF Institute for many years has utilized a set of integrated workshops designed to enable the participants to apply the analytical tools discussed in these courses to an actual situation in a member country of the International Monetary Fund. These workshops, which have been elaborated upon and refined over the years in the light of teaching experience, assist the participants in preparing a financial program for a given country. Such a program consists of a set of policies in the monetary, fiscal, and balance of payments fields to achieve a balance between financial resources and their use. Therefore, these workshops deal with the organization of statistical data in a relevant framework, the economic analysis of the data, and the formulation of policies to achieve desired objectives.

International Monetary Fund

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This workshop provides background information and discusses possible techniques for forecasting balance of payments developments in Kenya during the period of a hypothetical financial program.1 Balance of payments forecasting is particularly important in developing countries with large foreign sectors2 and potentially unstable export receipts. Further, forecasting the possible need for balance of payments assistance and the impact of proposed adjustment policies represents a crucial element of financial programs linked to the use of the International Monetary Fund’s resources.

International Monetary Fund

Abstract

This workshop provides background information and discusses possible techniques for forecasting balance of payments developments in Kenya during the period of a hypothetical financial program.1 Balance of payments forecasting is particularly important in developing countries with large foreign sectors2 and potentially unstable export receipts. Further, forecasting the possible need for balance of payments assistance and the impact of proposed adjustment policies represents a crucial element of financial programs linked to the use of the International Monetary Fund's resources.

International Monetary Fund

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A financial program is a set of coordinated policy measures—mainly in the monetary, fiscal, and balance of payments fields—intended to achieve certain economic targets in a relatively short period of time. The task of setting economic targets, choosing policy instruments, and quantifying the appropriate magnitudes of the instruments required to reach the targets is described as financial programming.

International Monetary Fund

Abstract

A financial program is a set of coordinated policy measures—mainly in the monetary, fiscal, and balance of payments fields—intended to achieve certain economic targets in a relatively short period of time. The task of setting economic targets, choosing policy instruments, and quantifying the appropriate magnitudes of the instruments required to reach the targets is described as financial programming.