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Years of isolation and continuous conflicts have left Gaza's economic development far behind that of the West Bank. In … 2022, per capita income in Gaza was only a quarter of that in the West Bank, and unemployment and poverty rates were much … in both West Bank and Gaza, restrictions are far more severe for Gaza. As a result of this Gaza blockade and repeated …
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Bank and Gaza has widened over time. Further facilitation of private sector job creation in high-productivity tradable …
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For more than a decade, commercial banks in West Bank and Gaza (WBG) have struggled to manage buildups of excess … WBG no longer offer them cash services. The Bank of Israel (BoI) has imposed limits on the amount of shekel coins and …
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Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV consultation, prepared by a staff team of the IMF, following discussions that ended on July 23, 2012, with the officials of Sudan on economic developments and policies. Based on information available at the time of these discussions, the staff report was...
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This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that Afghanistan remains a poor fragile state that is far from self-reliance. Significant fiscal and banking vulnerabilities emerged in 2014. Domestic revenue collection fell below its 2013 level because of lower growth, declining imports, and lower...
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. After reaching a 15-year high in 2012, inflation is coming back within the central bank’s target thanks to tighter monetary …
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In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country
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A fragile recovery continues in the Middle East and Central Asia region. The region has made good progress since the beginning of the year, but new challenges have emerged. They include a pandemic wave in countries with weak vaccination progress and rising inflation, which has contributed to...
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Activity returned to its pre-COVID level in 2021. Inflation remains well above the NBK's 4-6 percent target band, and spillovers from sanctions on Russia will exacerbate price pressures and weaken economic growth in 2022. Kazakhstan benefits from strong fiscal and external buffers but risks to...
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