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Middle East and Central Asia > Uzbekistan, Republic of

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Cover Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007)
Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency (2007)
International Monetary Fund

Abstract

The Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency applies the principles of the revised IMF Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency (‘the Code’) to the unique set of transparency problems faced by countries that derive a significant share of their revenues from natural resources and need to address complex and volatile transaction flows. The Guide identifies and explains generally recognized good or best practices for transparency of resource revenue management. It supplements the IMF Manual on Fiscal Transparency. The Guide has been revised to reflect the new Code and to provide more recent examples of good practice by individual countries. It is designed to give a framework for assessing resource-specific issues within broader fiscal transparency assessments (including so-called ‘fiscal ROSCs’). The Guide has been used by the governments and legislatures of resource-rich countries, civil societies, providers of technical support, and interested academics and observers.

Keywords:
M&G; resource; government; unit resource rent; audit; hydrocarbon resource; mineral depletion; export proceeds; World Bank world development indicators definition; budget documentation; A budget calendar; Budget planning and preparation; Natural resources; Oil; Global; Africa; Asia and Pacific; North America; Northern Europe
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Azerbaijan Republic: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix for Azerbaijan aims to provide a guide to the management of Azerbaijan’s expected natural resource-generated windfall. The paper provides information on Azerbaijan’s endowment of oil and gas deposits and the projected revenue stream, and highlights the common characteristics of policies leading to the mismanagement of natural resource wealth in natural resource-abundant countries. It also outlines a medium- and long-term policy strategy for oil wealth management in Azerbaijan.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; manat; tax rate; Azerbaijan; Azerbaijan State statistics committee; manat broad money; gas revenue; oil GDP; oil revenue; Oil; gas and mining taxes; Natural resources; Demand for money; Baltics; Eastern Europe; Asia and Pacific; Global
Cover IMF Working Papers
The Uzbek Growth Puzzle
Mr. Jeromin Zettelmeyer
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan’s output fell less than in any other former Soviet Republic, and growth turned positive in 1996/97. Given the country’s hesitant and idiosyncratic approach to reforms, this record has suprised many observers. This paper first shows that a standard panel model of growth in transition systematically underpredicts Uzbek growth from 1992-1996, confirming the view that Uzbekistan’s performance consitutes a puzzle. It then attempts to resolve the puzzle by appropriately extending the model. The main result is that Uzbekistan’s output performance was driven by a combination of low initial industrialization, its cotton production, and its self-sufficiency in energy.
Keywords:
WP; Uzbek growth puzzle; Uzbek output path; Uzbek experience; Uzbek growth experience; Uzbek transition experience; Uzbekistan; Transition; Growth; Output; Public Investment; Cotton; Energy; Uzbekistan country dummy variable; Agricultural commodities; Public investment spending; Structural reforms; Natural resources; Capital spending; Eastern Europe; Central Asia; Baltics
Cover IMF Working Papers
How to Deal with Azerbaijan’s Oil Boom? Policy Strategies in a Resource-Rich Transition Economy
Mr. Christoph B. Rosenberg
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Mr. Tapio Saavalainen
The petroleum-rich former Soviet republics around the Caspian Sea face the dual challenge of managing the transition to a market economy and a booming resource sector. This paper examines this challenge with particular reference to Azerbaijan. The standard “Dutch disease” model is modified to capture the special conditions of transition economies, with specific attention to the pattern of real exchange rate movement. “Transition factors” are found to add to the speed of real appreciation. Non-oil sectors may suffer, but less through the real appreciation than through transition-specific structural problems. The paper describes a medium-term policy strategy for Azerbaijan, relating its prospects to the experience in the 1970s of Ecuador, Indonesia, and Nigeria. The adverse effects of the Dutch disease may be avoided if Azerbaijan pursues policies to promote savings and open trade, and strengthens the supply side through structural policies.
Keywords:
WP; central bank; goods price; current account; money supply; oil boom; Azerbaijan; Dutch disease; transition; oil; goods sector; unbalanced growth; market economy; nominal exchange rate; chapter II; Dutch Disease model; oil sector; Azerbaijan economy; appreciation pressure; traded goods sector; Natural resources; Real exchange rates; Commodity booms; Baltics; Central Asia