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Zimbabwe : 2000 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2001
curtailed access to foreign financing in Zimbabwe. The new economic team has taken steps in devaluing the currency and raising … strong policies, backed by a broad domestic consensus, will help restore Zimbabwe's status as an anchor of stability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398957
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Zimbabwe : Challenges and Policy Options after Hyperinflation
International Monetary Fund - 2010
This paper examines the challenges and policy options after hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. The paper reviews the pros and … cons of alternative monetary regimes for Zimbabwe to succeed the current multicurrency system, which the authorities …. The paper also assesses competitiveness and external sustainability in debt-distressed Zimbabwe. It also makes a case for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401597
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Zimbabwe : Request for Targeted Lifting of the Suspension of Fund Technical Assistance
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper discusses Zimbabwe’s request for targeted lifting of the suspension of fund technical assistance. Zimbabwe … political commitment and to strengthen technical capacity. The Zimbabwe authorities have expressed their commitment to improve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407696
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Can Regional Cross-Listings Accelerate Stock Market Development? Empirical Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This study analyzes the impact of regional cross-listing of stocks on the depth of the stock markets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It analyzes data from 1990 to 2007 for a panel of 13 stock markets in SSA countries, only some of which have regional cross-listings. Using event study methodology,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769177
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Regional economic outlook : : Sub-Saharan Africa : May 06
2006
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- OVERVIEW -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND SHORT- TERM PROSPECTS -- SCALING UP AID: MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS -- FINANCIAL SECTORS: ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND REFORM STRATEGIES -- FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION -- APPENDIX -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- PUBLICATIONS OF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012673979
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Regional Economic Outlook, October 2015 : Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2015
Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has weakened after more than a decade of solid growth, although this overall outlook masks considerable variation across the region. Some countries have been negatively affected by falling prices of their main commodity exports. Oil-exporting countries, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014412391
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Spillovers From the Rest of the World Into Sub-Saharan African Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper investigates the impact of a global slowdown on individual African countries using a series of dynamic panel regressions for countries in the region, relating real growth in domestic output to world growth in trade weighted by partner countries and several control variables: oil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403000
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Foreign Reserve Adequacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This paper looks at the question of adequacy of reserves in sub-Saharan African countries in light of the shocks faced by these countries. Literature on optimal reserves so far has not paid attention to the particular shocks facing low-income countries. We use a two-good endowment economy model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401389
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Fiscal and Monetary Anchors for Price Stability : Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2008
The paper presents a model of fiscal dominance with borrowing constraints, and provides evidence for a large number of sub-Saharan African countries on the relative importance of fiscal and monetary determinants of inflation. Based on the dynamic response of inflation to different shocks,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401393
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Can Regional Cross-Listings Accelerate Stock Market Development? : Empirical Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This study analyzes the impact of regional cross-listing of stocks on the depth of the stock markets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It analyzes data from 1990 to 2007 for a panel of 13 stock markets in SSA countries, only some of which have regional cross-listings. Using event study methodology,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401983