Search Results - subject:"Tax revenues"

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

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Sudan; Report on the Final Review of the 2003 Staff-Monitored Program and the 2004 Staffâ€”Monitored Program

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This report examines Sudanâ€™s Final Review of the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for 2003 and 2004. Policy performance was in line with the program. All quantitative targets, except for that on contracting nonconcessional external debt, were met, and most structural benchmarks were...

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Suriname; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper describes the revenue instability and its consequences for Suriname. It explores some options for policy rules that could be considered in the case of Suriname. The paper analyzes inflation in Suriname from its historical and international perspectives, reviews the...

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El Salvador; 2004 Article IV Consultationâ€”Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in El Salvador in recent years has been dampened by adverse external conditions, major earthquakes, and election-related uncertainties. Real GDP growth is estimated at about 1Â½ percent in 2004 while inflation picked up to more...

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São Tomé and Príncipe; Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Dis...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This paper reviews the request from the São Tomé and Príncipe authorities for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). In 2004, the economy continued to grow at a moderate pace, but inflation increased to 15 percent by year-end, as bank credit to the...

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Federated States of Micronesia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper on the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) underlies economic development. Since independence, the FSM has been heavily dependent on assistance from the United States. With government expenditure of more than 60 percent of GDP, the private sector remains...

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Republic of Lithuania; 2004 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Repub...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that impressive growth continued unabated in Lithuania in 2004. GDP expanded by an estimated 6Â¾ percent in 2004, driven by vigorous private consumption and investment growth. The unemployment rate declined to 10Â½ percent of the labor force but...

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Tax Revenue and (or?) Trade Liberalization

Keen, Michael; Baunsgaard, Thomas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

With the public finances of many developing and emerging market countries still heavily dependent on trade tax revenues … trade tax revenues fell. Troublingly, however, revenue recovery has been extremely weak in low-income countries (which are … those most dependent on trade tax revenues): they have recovered, at best, no more than about 30 cents of each lost dollar …

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How Do Canadian Budget Forecasts Compare with Those of Other Industrial Countries?

Mühleisen, Martin; Krajnyák, Kornélia; Danninger, Stephan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper compares Canadian central government budget forecasting with forecasting by other industrial countries. While fiscal forecasting in Canada is governed by one of the strongest institutional frameworks, quantitative analysis suggests that budget projections of macroeconomic and fiscal...

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Rebuilding Fiscal Institutions in Postconflict Countries

Bhattacharya, Rina; Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper discusses experiences in reestablishing fiscal management in postconflict countries. Building fiscal institutions in postconflict countries essentially entails a three-step process: (1) creating a legal or regulatory framework for fiscal management; (2) establishing or strengthening...

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