reforms, including strengthening the fiscal policy framework and reforming the securities dealers sector. Based on the … performance to date and the authorities’ updated policy intentions and commitments, IMF staff recommends completion of the …

fiscal crisis is starting to affect external stability. Notwithstanding the fiscal crisis, banks continue to remain well … capitalized and profitable. The 2011–12 budget promises to make significant progress in fiscal adjustment while safeguarding …

create fiscal space for increased spending on infrastructure and social sectors. They commended the tight monetary policy and … fiscal stances, revenue reforms, and efforts to strengthen debt management. They welcomed financial sector reforms and also …

. Profitability in nonfinancial firms has picked up, and corporate balance sheets are being repaired. On the policy front, Germany has …

Assurances for Gabon. Rising non-oil revenue and continued expenditure control contributed to maintaining fiscal discipline, and … all quantitative performance criteria for end-March 2005 were observed. Structural fiscal reforms are needed to improve …

fiscal instruments to deal with regional shocks. We assess how these features influence the magnitude and persistence of … factors behind these outcomes and policy implications. …

The paper surveys the role of financial markets and fiscal institutions in the transformation process going on in … allocate them efficiently; and (c) the major reforms necessary in the fiscal area. It also calls attention to the extent to … which monetary and fiscal policies overlap in these countries and the implications of that overlapping. …

This paper reviews the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Fiscal Transparency for Ukraine, and provides … an assessment of fiscal transparency practices in Ukraine against the requirements of the IMF Code of Good Practices on … Fiscal Transparency. It reviews the description of practice, prepared by the IMF staff on the basis of discussions with the …