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Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic; Trade Integration and Economic Performance

Cas, Stephanie Medina; Swiston, Andrew; Barrot, Luis-Diego - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other...

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Nicaragua: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that during the past two years, macroeconomic developments in Nicaragua …

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Central Bank Financial Strength in Central America and the Dominican Republic

Swiston, Andrew; Frantischek, Florencia; Gajdeczka, Przemek - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper examines the financial strength of central banks in Central America and the Dominican Republic (CADR). Some central banks are working off the effects of intervention in distressed financial institutions during the 1990â€™s and early 2000â€™s. Their net income has improved...

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Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment; A Review and Synthesis

Miranda, Kenneth M.; Parry, Ian W.H.; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1993

Commonly cited environmental instruments in the legal, regulatory, and fiscal domains are intended primarily to address market failures to ensure that environmental degradation and resource use is contained to appropriate levels. However, in many instances, environmental degradation is rooted...

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Subsidy Reforms and Poverty Alleviation

Bhambhri, Chandra Prakash; Chander, Parkash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

This paper presents a general framework for characterizing the optimal pattern of subsidies for poverty alleviation under budgetary constraints and suggests possible reforms for the existing pattern of subsidies. The government may subsidize or tax goods in order to meet its objectives. The...

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Real and Distributive Effects of Petroleum Price Liberalization; The Case of Indonesia

Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Jung, Hong-Sang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

within a multisector computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. A reduction in the government subsidy raises petroleum … will be the most significantly affected by the subsidy reduction. …

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Iran; The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform

Guillaume, Dominique M.; Zytek, Roman; Farzin, Mohammad Reza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

On December 18, 2010, Iran increased domestic energy and agricultural prices by up to 20 times, making it the first major oil-exporting country to reduce substantially implicit energy subsidies. This paper reviews the economic and technical issues involved in the planning and early...

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Energy Subsidies and Energy Consumption; A Cross-Country Analysis

Charap, Joshua; Silva, Arthur Ribeiro da; Rodriguez, Pedro C - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

consumption to changes in energy prices and the implications of our findings for the debate on energy subsidy reform. Our findings … significant long-term benefits from the reform of energy subsidies. Our findings also indicate that short-term gains from subsidy … reform are likely to be much smaller, which suggests the need for either a gradual approach to subsidy reform or for more …

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Sudan; Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on September 7, 2012. The views expressed...

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Jordan; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile international prices. The macroeconomic situation in Jordan is closely tied to that of other...

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