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The Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in the Middle East and Central Asia:Is the Current Crisis Different?

International Monetary Fund - 2010

The countries of the Middle East and North Africa, and the Caucasus and Central Asia have the highest output volatility in the world. Fiscal policy is a powerful tool that can help dampen the business cycles. This paper analyzes the cyclical properties of fiscal policy in the region during the...

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Risk Instability and the Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East and North Africa Region

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This paper demonstrates that instability associated with investment risk is critical in explaining the level of foreign direct investment for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, which generally have higher investment risk than developed countries. The empirical results support...

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Financial Sector Development in the Middle East and North Africa

International Monetary Fund - 2004

Based on data collected on a wide range of financial sector indicators, new indices of financial development for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are constructed, encompassing six themes: development of the monetary sector and monetary policy, banking sector development,...

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Choosing Exchange Regimes in the Middle East and North Africa

International Monetary Fund - 2003

, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia-and one oil-exporting country-Iran-to see whether they need to consider adopting more …This paper reviews the exchange regimes of five emerging market countries in the Middle East and North Africa region-Egypt …

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Building on Progress : Reform and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

International Monetary Fund - 1996

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have unprecedented opportunities for transforming their economies through accelerated economic growth, but the countries themselves must ensure the necessary conditions. This study, by the Middle Eastern Department, focuses on four areas that...

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Middle East and North Africa : Economic Outlook and Key Challenges

International Monetary Fund - 2012

Historic transitions in the Arab Spring countries are coming under increasing strain frommacroeconomic pressures and unmet social demands. Domestic uncertainty over the countries' future course, compounded by the global slowdown and rising oil prices, took a toll on growth during 2011. The...

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Gender Budgeting in G7 Countries

International Monetary Fund - 2017

At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender...

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Daring the Difference : The Three L's of Women's Empowerment

International Monetary Fund - 2014

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Morocco : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2008

This Selected Issues paper for Morocco discusses possible fiscal policy anchors, specifically deficit targets, and the … sustainability of the resulting fiscal paths. Morocco has made great progress toward fiscal consolidation in recent years, under the … combined effect of a strong revenue performance and efforts to tackle expenditure rigidities, notably the wage bill. Morocco …

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Morocco : Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2004

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country

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