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This paper reviews forestry reform in the Congo basin, focusing on Gabon. It argues that the key challenge for the Congo basin countries is to manage their forests in a sustainable manner. It presents the current situation of forestry taxation and forestry reform in Gabon. The paper analyzes...
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An increasing number of tropical timber producing nations have enacted bans on export of logs. Proponents argue that a … log export ban is a second-best policy tool for addressing environmental externalities; it also creates more jobs and … improves scale efficiencies domestically. Theoretical arguments suggest that log export bans are largely incapable of achieving …
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Solomon Islands’ economy has rebounded from the 2008–09 global financial crisis. An 18-month Standby Credit Facility has been approved in June 2010 and succeeded in restoring macroeconomic and financial stability. A new resource taxation regime is the key to reap the benefits from...
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This report is an assessment of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMI) in Malaysia. The … and securities. The payment and security systems are elaborated along with the roles of Bursa Malaysia Securities Clearing …, Bursa Malaysia Depo, and the Bursa Malaysia Derivative Clearing mechanism. The Executive Board comments that Malaysia shows …
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background on the structure of energy production and trade in Malaysia, and presents results from empirical analysis of the oil …
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Malaysia. This assessment was conducted by the International Monetary fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Securities Commission … Malaysia has developed its supervisory network. The rules of the governing bodies such as issuers, auditors, collective …
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This report is an assessment of the state of compliance with the Basel Core Principles (BCPs) in Malaysia. Bank Negara … Malaysia (BNM) employs a well-developed risk-focused regulatory and supervisory system, consisting of a hands-on and …
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This technical note on Monetary Liquidity Frameworks on Malaysia’s inflation analyzes that it has returned to a more stable path, after some wider fluctuations before and during the global financial crisis. On the liability side, Malaysian banks’ liquidity is based largely on...
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The IMF staff report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation focuses on Malaysia’s economic developments and policies. The IMF report discusses that continued growth in domestic demand, especially investment, and a pickup in external demand should help maintain robust growth going forward...
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This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Malaysia’s well-diversified economy continued to perform well in 2014. Growth accelerated to 5.9 percent, aided by robust domestic private demand and a recovery in exports. Lower energy costs helped contain inflation to 3.1 percent despite...
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