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Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bosnia...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is enjoying its fourth consecutive year of stable growth underpinned by the currency board. Export growth of 29 percent on the back of productivity gains, export price increases, and improvements in reporting...
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that domestic credit growth has accelerated, driven by strong demand from the government, public enterprises, and the private sector. High import content, particularly from public infrastructure...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Mid-Term Development Strategy—Joint Staff Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Poverty Reduction Strategy paper reports that significant progress has been made since the late 1990s in building both a market economy and a single economic space. GDP growth has slowed recently following the post-conflict bounce, and the current account deficit...
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Nicaragua; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nicaragua reports that the most pressing demand for the majority of Nicaraguans is employment generation and economic growth. The National Development Plan (NDP) gives priority to actions that improve the investment climate and promote productive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591733
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Bolivia; Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement-Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper presents key findings of the Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement for Bolivia. Bolivia is a country that is perceived as having one of the best structural reform records in Latin America but experienced sluggish per capita growth, and made virtually no progress in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591192
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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252521
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Macro Fiscal Policy in Economic Unions : States as Agents
Carlino, Gerald - 2013
. We examine the historical experience of federal government transfers to state and local governments and their impact on … incorporates federal intergovernmental transfers, disaggregated into project (e.g., infrastructure) aid and welfare aid, as …. First, aggregate federal transfers to state and local governments are less stimulative than are transfers to households and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459102
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U.S. Fiscal Policies and Priorities for Long-Run Sustainability
Mühleisen, Martin; Towe, Christopher M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents an overview of recent U.S. fiscal developments and discusses possible implications of the sharp turn around in the government’s fiscal position. Against this back ground, it also reviews key policy challenges that will need to be addressed to cope with the mounting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824863
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Who's Going Broke? Comparing Growth in Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
Hagist, Christian - 2005
Although healthcare spending is growing at unsustainable rates in most, if not all, OECD countries, the U.S. appears least able to control its benefit growth due to the nature of its fee-for-service healthcare payment system. Consequently, the U.S. may well be in the worst long-term fiscal shape...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466838
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The Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Eastern Caribbean
World Bank - 2012
The purpose of this report is to examine and propose options for policy design and implementation, based on a situational analysis for six Eastern Caribbean countries and a review of the lessons of other nations in prevention and control. A committed partner of the Organization of Eastern...
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