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The global crisis has underscored the need for effective global financial safety nets to protect countries with sound policy frameworks from adverse outcomes. Complementing the traditional crisis resolution role of the IMF, which has been instrumental during the recent crisis and is expected to...
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The evaluation of the IMF/Netherlands Program for legal and judicial reform in Indonesia was undertaken during July 2004 in Jakarta by a team of three persons appointed by the Government of Indonesia, the Government of the Netherlands, and the IMF. All three are well acquainted with Indonesia...
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–NSDI) for Albania. The paper provides an overview of the key challenges facing the country. It presents a brief statement of the …
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This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that over the last decade, Albania’s macroeconomic performance has … improvements in tax administration, lowered public debt from 66 percent of GDP in 2001 to 53 percent in 2007. Risks to domestic and …
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bank of Albania, area under cultivation, production, and yields of selected agricultural crops, and so on …
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The Kosovo crisis in March 1999 and the large influx of refugees placed a considerable strain on the country. Progress in structural reforms has been significant considering the Kosovo crisis. The process of privatizing about 520 small and medium-size enterprises was completed, contracts were...
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The Selected Issues paper analyzes the determinants of growth in Albania, the macroeconomic underpinnings for growth … payments. It also provides a framework for analyzing the budgetary impact of remittances in Albania, and examines the …
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Albania’s Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility is analyzed …. Albania has reached a pivotal stage in its economic development. Increasing foreign direct investment and rapid financial …
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Albania enjoyed strong growth with comparatively benign external vulnerabilities before the crisis. Monetary policy …
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inflation-targeting regime pursued in Albania. The analysis also explores additional heterogeneity between SEE and other regions …. Two fiscal rules—a debt rule and an expenditure rule with a debt brake—are discussed in the context of Albania’s current … economic outlook. Both rules will contribute toward enhancing fiscal sustainability in Albania …
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