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The paper draws on recent country experience to describe the approach to designing and implementing fiscal reforms in fragile states (FS) taken in the IMF's technical assistance (TA). In doing so, it highlights how the TA that the IMF provides to FS differs from that of non-FS, describes the...
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This paper assesses macroeconomic developments and progress in institution building during 1994-1998. The five year interim period envisaged in the peace accords has ended, and the paper takes stock of what happened in this period. The paper was prepared in the Spring of 1999 and draws on work...
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This paper highlights that central banks from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru (the LA5 countries) reaped the …
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This paper discusses an arrangement under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) for Colombia. Colombia is well placed to … authorities intend to treat as precautionary, would support Colombia’s policy framework and strategy, while reducing the … likelihood of balance of payments pressures stemming from a change in investor sentiment. IMF staff believes that Colombia fully …
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This report focuses on Colombia’s economic policy framework and the policy response to the global crisis. In recent … years, Colombia’s policies strengthened a strong macroeconomic performance, which helped in achieving higher tax revenues … and restraint on current spending. Colombia was not affected too severely by the global crisis. The impact of the crisis …
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The key findings of Colombia’s 2010 Article IV Consultation on economic developments and policies are presented. The …
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This Selected Issues paper on Colombia shows that achieving investment grade status would help lower financing costs … for the sovereign, and expand the pool of potential buyers of the Colombian economy. Colombia’s debt levels as of end-2008 …
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Since 1999, economic policies have sought to place the country on a path of sustainable growth, which would help reduce unemployment and poverty. The authorities have begun to address the risk of overheating, although demand policies may need to be tightened further. Monetary policy will be...
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In recent years, Colombia has found several innovative ways to improve the efficiency of its public enterprise sector …. One option used by Colombia to reform public enterprises has been to enhance their commercial orientation and limit the …
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