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This Selected Issues paper focuses on constructing a high-frequency economic growth indicator for Suriname. Most economic data for Suriname are available only with a substantial time lag and on a low-frequency basis, impeding such analyses. This paper presents a simple econometric model that...
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mining companies. Private investment is projected to increase from 17.8 percent of GDP in 2012 to more than 40 percent in …
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This paper presents Haiti’s Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility and request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access. Manufacturing activity would be hit the most, as the largest enterprises, including the important export textile sector, have been...
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Falling international prices have helped lower Haiti’s inflation, but base money growth has continued to be higher than targeted in the program. The paper discusses Haiti’s Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. In the area of economic...
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Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction …. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to … dealing with disaster risk. Key sources of market failure include the difficulty of risk spreading and, perhaps even more …
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Sri Lanka’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that the fiscal deficit exceeded budget targets, and with a significant amount of government financing provided by the central bank, the growth in monetary aggregates increased, contributing to higher inflation. The near-term economic...
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This paper reviews the Maldives’s Use of IMF Resources and Request for Emergency Assistance. The authorities have requested a purchase of an amount equivalent to SDR 4.1 million (50 percent of quota) under the IMF’s policy on emergency assistance related to natural disasters. The...
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This paper evaluates Sri Lanka’s Request for Emergency Assistance. The Sri Lankan authorities have requested a purchase in an amount of SDR 103.35 million under the IMF’s policy for emergency assistance related to natural disasters. In line with IMF policy for Poverty Reduction and...
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disaster-prone areas of the world, it has one of the lowest levels of insurance coverage. This paper examines the vulnerability …
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vulnerable, with the countries of the Eastern Caribbean standing out as among the most disaster-prone in the world. Natural …
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