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Cameroon: 2014 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

. The overarching policy issue remains unchanged: how to set Cameroon on a higher growth path, while mitigating low but … vulnerable. â€¢ Increase the selectivity of investment projects and adopt a rigorous screening of the financing terms to ensure …

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Cameroon; 2013 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

This paper presents key discussions of Cameroonâ€™s 2013 Article IV Consultation. Economic activity in Cameroon has … social programs for the neediest, to free up resources for public investment. It is also necessary to accelerate resolution …

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Fiscal Sustainability, Public Investment, and Growth in Natural Resource-Rich, Low-Income Countries; The Case of Cameroon

Samaké, Issouf; Muthoora, Priscilla S.; Versailles, Bruno - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

sustainability in Cameroon. We develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of such investment on …This paper assesses the implications of the use of oil revenue for public investment on growth and fiscal … that Cameroon’s large infrastructural needs and relatively low current debt levels could justify a temporary deviation from …

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Inclusive Growth; An Application of the Social Opportunity Function to Selected African Countries

Adedeji, Olumuyiwa; Du, Huancheng; Opoku-Afari, Maxwell - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function,...

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Cameroon: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

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Iceland: Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015

This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capital inflows have been liberalized, but most outflows remain restricted. Iceland has...

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Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of these increases can be explained by output dynamics and the greater sensitivity of...

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Denmark: Systemic Issues in Mortgage Loans and Covered Bond Finance - Technical Note

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This technical note analyzes systemic issues in mortgage loans and covered bond finance in Denmark. Mortgage lending has seen significant product innovation in recent years. Loans with adjustable interest rates and/or interest-only periods, which have been introduced since the late 1990s, had...

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Money isn't Everything; The Challenge of Scaling Up Aid to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Ethiopia

Mattina, Todd D. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper outlines the challenge of developing an operational macroeconomic framework in Ethiopia consistent with the large envisaged scaling up of aid to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This paper describes an MDG scenario that addresses both microeconomic and macroeconomic...

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Aggregate Investment Expenditureson Tradable and Nontradable Goods

Bems, Rudolfs - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper shows that aggregate investment expenditure shares on tradable and nontradable goods are very similar across … nontradable goods in investment can be modeled using the Cobb-Douglas aggregator. …

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