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system. Directors appreciated Seychelles's strong performance compliance with performance criteria under the economic program …
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This Selected Issues paper on Iran focuses on the Targeted Subsidy Reform Law (TSRL). This is the basic law governing … the implementation of the subsidy reform in Iran. The TSRL envisaged bringing subsidized prices close to international …
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This staff report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation on the Islamic Republic of Iran focuses on economic developments …
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This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic activity in Iran has slowed down significantly since the …
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This Selected Issues paper discusses some options to strengthen Iran's fiscal framework, and highlights the need for a … medium-term framework. Fiscal policy design in Iran faces numerous challenges. Some are current, such as managing volatile … these issues would help Iran achieve its objective of becoming one of the fastest-growing emerging economies …
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The insurance sector is underdeveloped and has been inadequately supervised to date, as the regulator lacks the requisite independence, skills, and resources. The three public pension systems, which cover less than 10 percent of the active population, appear to be fiscally unsustainable. The...
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This technical note on financing of the private sector for Mexico describes the evolution, composition, and determinants of financing to the nonfinancial private sector in Mexico between 2000 and 2005. Equity issuance has not played an important role in financing the private sector in Mexico...
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This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that the United Kingdom’s economic growth was above trend in 2006 and 2007. In terms of expenditure, the expansion was largely driven by private consumption, on the heels of strong employment, steady real wage and living standards growth, and a...
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An update on Saudi Arabia’s Financial System Stability Assessment (FSAP) is presented. Saudi Arabia has confronted the global financial crisis from a position of strength, and took decisive steps to manage the impact of the crisis. As a result, the financial system has weathered the...
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This paper presents the Slovak Republic’s Financial System Stability Assessment Update including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision and Insurance Regulation. Commercial banks are by far the dominant financial institutions, though nonbank financial...
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