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This book describes the reforms needed to move small middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa to advanced-economy status. The result of intense discussions with public officials in the countries covered, the book blends rigorous theory, econometrics, and practitioners' insights to come up...
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This book describes the reforms needed to move small middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa to advanced-economy status. The result of intense discussions with public officials in the countries covered, the book blends rigorous theory, econometrics, and practitioners' insights to come up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012682863
This book describes the reforms needed to move small middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa to advanced-economy status. The result of intense discussions with public officials in the countries covered, the book blends rigorous theory, econometrics, and practitioners' insights to come up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407765
Over the past decade, Lesotho and Swaziland have faced significant volatility in their fiscal revenues, owing to highly …
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HIV/AIDS imposes enormous economic, social, health, and human costs and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The challenge is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, home to two-thirds (22.5 million) of the people living with HIV/AIDS globally, and where HIV/AIDS has become the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012642843
HIV/AIDS imposes enormous economic, social, health, and human costs and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The challenge is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, home to two-thirds (22.5 million) of the people living with HIV/AIDS globally, and where HIV/AIDS has become the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245394
A key challenge for Lesotho is the downward rigidity in public expenditure-which increases when SACU transfers are … buoyant but fails to be pared back when they fall. Fiscal rules would be of value in Lesotho to help provide constraints on …-fiscal framework and ensuring debt sustainability. This paper evaluates options for fiscal rules for Lesotho, discusses the …
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The paper examines Namibia's salient issues of public debt-dynamics and fiscal sustainability from 1980 to 2018. Time … increasing public debt in Namibia when it is economically concerning that the existing capacity to mobilize needed resources is … and fiscal policy adjustment to debt. The study found that the inter-temporal budget constraint does not hold for Namibia …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has sharply deteriorated Namibia's short-term macroeconomic outlook, giving rise to urgent …
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