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Sound macroeconomic policies, good governance, and high levels of investment, supported by diamond and other mineral …
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After several years of robust growth, real GDP growth slowed to 2.9 percent in 2008 owing to a decline in mining output. The nonmining primary deficit (NMPD) amounted to 28.6 percent of nonmining GDP in 2008/09, well above the 16.8 percent NMPD in 2007/08. Botswana continues to peg the pula to a...
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non-mineral balance in Botswana that is based on a notion of a "permanent income" from non-renewable resources. It is …
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This Joint Staff Advisory Note reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Sierra Leone. The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) provides an adequate framework for reducing poverty in Sierra Leone. The PRSP is the result of an extensive participatory process. The foundation of the PRSP...
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This paper suggests that it is essential to save a substantial portion of mineral revenues now to ensure fiscal … sustainability for a post-diamond period. Taking the non-mineral primary balance into account can help clarify desirable fiscal …
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This Selected Issues paper on Iran focuses on the Targeted Subsidy Reform Law (TSRL). This is the basic law governing … the implementation of the subsidy reform in Iran. The TSRL envisaged bringing subsidized prices close to international …
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This staff report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation on the Islamic Republic of Iran focuses on economic developments …
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This study examines money demand and inflation dynamics in the Islamic Republic of Iran using quarterly data for the …
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This paper provides a brief overview of the evolution of exchange rate policy in the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1993 …
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