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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 …
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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 …
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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...
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There are 22 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with floating exchange rate regimes, de jure. Some target the money supply or the inflation rate; others practice ""managed floating."" Statistical analysis on monthly data for the past decade reveals that in most cases these exchange rate...
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The five Regional Economic Outlooks published biannually by the IMF cover Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In each volume, recent economic developments and prospects for the region are discussed as a whole, as well as for...
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