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Uganda: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper on Uganda discusses the progress toward harmonization of capital account regulations and capital market integration. A unified East African Community financial market would offer several benefits to the regional economy. It would expand the opportunities for savings and investment financing, encourage more competition among banks and financial institutions, and lower transaction costs through economies of scale. Greater diversification, risk management, and consumption smoothing would also be possible in a broader financial market, while monetary union would eliminate exchange rate risk within the region.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; market; Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania; financial market; exchange rate; market capitalization; short term; foreign exchange; capital account; monetary policy; EAC country; long-term debt; EAC member; EAC market; Capital markets; Capital account; Stock markets; Capital account liberalization; Global
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Uganda: First Review Under the Policy Support Instrument and Modifications to Assessment Criteria: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uganda
International Monetary Fund
The staff report for the First Review under the Policy Support Instrument and Modifications to Assessment Criteria discusses Uganda’s medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF). The MTEF aims at higher public savings based on spending restraint and a rising domestic revenue ratio. The Bank of Uganda (BOU) will rely on a combination of foreign exchange sales and open market operations to sterilize liquidity. Better and more extensive transport networks and expansion of the pool of long-term savings are also critical for sustainable economic growth.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; government; debt management strategy; PSI-supported program; assistance; strategy; Executive Board discussion; IMF's framework; inflation objective; Balance of payments statistics; Monetary statistics; Government finance statistics; Financial statistics; Global
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IMF Staff Papers, Volume 51, Special Issue, IMF Fourth Annual Research Conference
Mr. Ashoka Mody
and
Mr. Robert P Flood
This is the 2004 (Volume 51) Special Issue of IMF Staff Papers, which includes 6 selected papers (from more than 20) that were presented at the IMF's Fourth Annual Research Conference, November 6-7, 2003.
Keywords:
SP; current account reversal; consumption volatility; trade sanction; classification tree methodology; trade sanction story; creditor country; trade credit sanction; volatility group; Current account; Current account deficits; Real exchange rates; Sudden stops; Exchange rates; Middle East; Africa; Eastern Europe; Asia and Pacific; Global
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IMF Research Bulletin, March 2002
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Articles reviewing IMF research on dollarization and on the relationship between macroeconomic policies and income distribution; country/area study: The Euro Area; summaries of Second Annual IMF Research Conference and Investor Relations Seminar; list of external publications of IMF staff; IMF working papers; visiting scholars at the IMF.
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IRB; monetary policy; exchange rate; OECD survey; crisis; reference value; IMF stabilization loan; seminar participant; balance of payments statistics newsletter; Income inequality; Income distribution; Dollarization; External sector statistics; Balance of payments statistics; Africa; Europe; Global; Central and Eastern Europe; Pacific Islands; Southern Africa
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The New International Financial Architecture and Africa
Mr. Saleh M. Nsouli
and
Ms. Françoise Le Gall
The new international financial architecture can help African countries benefit from globalization, while minimizing the risks, and foster an environment conducive to increased domestic investment and higher sustained growth. This paper highlights the progress that African countries have made in several areas of the new architecture, but it also underscores the considerable way that these countries must go to meet the requirements of the new architecture.
Keywords:
WP; exchange rate; member country; debt relief; country official; Africa; globalization; international financial architecture; a number of country; NBR power; Poverty reduction strategy; Poverty reduction; Exchange rate arrangements; Capital account; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Sub-Saharan Africa; North Africa; East Asia
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Financial Sector Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Jean-Pierre Briffaut
,
Mr. George Iden
,
Mr. Peter C. Hayward
,
Mr. Tonny Lybek
,
Mr. Hassanali Mehran
,
Mr. Piero Ugolini
, and
Mr. Stephen M Swaray

Abstract

This study takes stock of progress made so far in the financial sectors of sub-saharan African countries. It recommends further reforms and specific measures in the areas of supervision, development of monetary operations and financial markets, external sector liberalization, central bank autonomy and accountability, payments system, and central bank accounting and auditing.

Keywords:
OP; central bank; government; market; payment; monetary policy; bank expansion; government bank; exchange policy; bank intermediation; resource utilization; a number of bank; government ownership; Commercial banks; Central bank legislation; Central bank autonomy; Payment systems; Financial sector; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; West Africa
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Structural Adjustment, Economic Performance, and Aid Dependency in Tanzania
Isha Agrawal
,
Zafar U. Ahmed
,
Mr. Michael Mered
, and
Mr. Roger Nord
Tanzania’s adjustment program, which began in the mid-1980s, was accompanied by a sharp increase in the levels of foreign assistance. Previous studies, using published data, have not reflected much improvement in economic performance during the reform period. This paper attempts to shed new light on the relationship between adjustment and aid dependency in Tanzania, by adjusting the macroeconomic database to correct for data deficiencies in several important respects. A subsequent comparison with other sub-Saharan African countries shows that, contrary to traditional interpretation, Tanzania’s increased dependence on foreign assistance did not lead to a deterioration in domestic savings performance. Efficiency of investment, however, has been substantially lower in Tanzania.
Keywords:
WP; Tanzania; GDP; structural adjustment; policy stance; current account; economic reform program; Tanzania's economy; saving-investment gap; inflation rate; economic growth rate; structural adjustment program; Tanzanian shilling; Domestic savings; Current account deficits; Exports; Sub-Saharan Africa