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Afghanistan; Balancing Social and Security Spending in the Context of Shrinking Resource Envelope

Aslam, Aqib; Berkes, Enrico; Fukac, Martin; Menkulasi, Jeta - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

For Afghanistan, the dual prospect of declining donor support and high ongoing security spending over the medium term …

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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

KEY ISSUES Context. Over the past decade, Afghanistan has made enormous progress in reconstruction, development and … social outcomes. With significant reform efforts and donor support, Afghanistan has maintained macroeconomic stability … supporting Afghanistan through technical assistance and a three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. Reviews under …

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Economic Performance Over the Conflict Cycle

Staines, Nicholas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

process" remained unchanged. This shift seems related to changes in aid flows since the Cold War: donors became disinclined to …

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Political Instability and Growth; The Central African Republic

Ghura, Dhaneshwar; Mercereau, Benoît - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper provides empirical evidence that the propensity for political instability in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) has been increased by low tax revenues and deteriorations in the terms of trade. The direct effect of political instability on economic growth is not statistically...

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Fiscal Consequences of Armed Conflict and Terrorism in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Chakravarti, Shamit - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper analyses the fiscal effects of armed conflict and terrorism on low- and middle-income countries. An analysis of 22 conflict episodes shows that armed conflict is associated with lower growth and higher inflation, and has adverse effects on tax revenues and investment. It also leads to...

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Social Fractionalization, Political Instability, and the Size of Government

Annett, Anthony - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper explores the relationship between the degree of division or fractionalization of a country’s population (along ethnolinguistic and religious dimensions) and both political instability and government consumption, using a neoclassical growth model. The principal idea is that greater...

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Oil Rents, Corruption, and State Stability; Evidence From Panel Data Regressions

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

We examine the effects of oil rents on corruption and state stability exploiting the exogenous within-country variation of a new measure of oil rents for a panel of 31 oil-exporting countries during the period 1992 to 2005. We find that an increase in oil rents significantly increases...

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Sri Lanka; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper on Sri Lanka reviews several issues that highlight both Sri Lankaâ€™s accomplishments and their policy constraints amidst a protracted period of civil conflict and political instability. High intermediation costs have held back development of the financial sector...

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Post-Conflict Recovery; Institutions, Aid, or Luck?

David, Antonio; Bastos, Fabiano Rodrigues; Mills, Marshall - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper identifies the factors linked to cross-country differentials in growth performance in the aftermath of social conflict for 30 sub-Saharan African countries using panel data techniques. Our results show that changes in the terms of trade are the most important correlate of economic...

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Breaking the Curse of Sisyphus; An Empirical Analysis of Post-Conflict Economic Transitions

Cevik, Serhan; Rahmati, Mohammad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

This paper provides a broad empirical analysis of the determinants of post-conflict economic transitions across the world during the period 1960â€“2010, using a dynamic panel estimation approach based on the system-generalized method of moments. In addition to an array of demographic,...

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