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The Macroeconomic Impact of Healthcare Financing Alternatives; Reform Options forhong Kong Sar
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
With much healthcare publicly funded, Hong Kong's rapidly aging population will significant raise fiscal pressure over coming decades. We ask what the implications are of meeting these costs by public funding, or private funding voluntarily or through mandates. Our simulations suggest that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825995
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Republic of Armenia; Second Reviews Under the Extended Fund Facility and Extended Credit Facility, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Supplem...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
will help to ensure rise in productivity, exports, and inflation pickup and reduce the foreign exchange risk. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244279
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Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Informational Annex; Debt Sustainability Analysis; and Public Information Notice
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Timor-Leste has made substantial progress toward restoring stability and rebuilding the country after emerging from a long struggle for independence and internal conflicts between 1999 and 2006. The government has launched its Strategic Development Plan to step up development. A well-managed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244672
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Romania; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Romania
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
less of the stabilization burden on the fledgling inflation-targeting framework. GDP growth has remained strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244810
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Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; 2008 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Di...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
expenditure to reduce inflation pressures, strengthening the monetary policy framework, and advancing financial sector reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245138
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Fiscal Policy in Pakistan Since 1970
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1992
the inflation tax. Accordingly, continued effort is likely to be needed to attain a fiscal position that is sustainable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248177
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Guinea; 2003 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
In 2003, Guinea's macroeconomic management deteriorated significantly, and the prospects for 2003 are uncertain at best. Performance under the 2002–03 poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF)-supported program is weak. The main challenge is to promote and sustain the strong private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252823
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Islamic State of Afghanistan; First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper assesses the First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Afghanistan. The authorities have met all of the indicative quantitative targets set out under the SMP and all the structural benchmarks, except the benchmark on licensing of commercial banks, which was only partly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825122
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Ireland; 2004 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Ireland
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
3 percent. Recent indicators suggest that activity has continued to strengthen in 2004. During 2003, inflation … inflation. IMF staff projects that the economic recovery will gain momentum with GNP growth of 4½ percent in 2004, accelerating … slightly to 5 percent in 2005. Core inflation is forecast to stay close to 2 percent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825386
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Ireland; 2003 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion for Ireland
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
Over the past decade, Ireland has experienced a sustained expansion in output and employment that has raised its per capita income above the ED average. The decline in interest rates, and increasing financial sector competition, rapidly rising disposable income, and high rates of household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591395