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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785853003321

Autore

Coorey Sharmini

Titolo

Oil Wealth in Central Africa : : Policies for Inclusive Growth / / Sharmini Coorey, Bernardin Akitoby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-7339-1

1-4755-4912-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AkitobyBernardin

Disciplina

338.2/72820967

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Africa, Central

Economic development - Africa, Central

Investments: Energy

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Taxation

Industries: Energy

Fiscal Policy

Energy: General

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures

Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Public finance & taxation

Investment & securities

Petroleum, oil & gas industries

Environmental management

Oil

Fiscal stance

Fiscal policy

Oil, gas and mining taxes

Public investment spending

Commodities

Taxes

Expenditure

Petroleum industry and trade

Public investments

Expenditures, Public

Saving and investment



Africa, Central Economic policy

Central African Republic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; PART I: MACROECONOMIC AND GROWTH CHALLENGES; 1 The CEMAC's Macroeconomic Challenges; FIGURES; Figure 1.1 CEMAC: Growth and Development Challenges, 2005-10; TABLES; TABLE 1.1 Social Indicators; Figure 1.2 Fiscal Sustainability; TABLE 1.2 Infrastructure Costs; Figure 1.3 Exchange Rate Developments, 1990-2010; BOX 1.1 Inflation in the CEMAC Area; Figure 1.4 Non-Oil GDP Growth; TABLE 1.3 CEMAC: Selected Partners' Trade Shares (Percent of total trade); Figure 1.5 Credit to the Nonfinancial Private Sector

Figure 1.6 Investment Climate IndicatorsTABLE 1.4 Common External Tariffs: Selected Regions (Percent); Figure 1.7 Selected Regions: Intraregional Trade; TABLE 1.5 CEMAC: Millenium Development Goals, 1990 and 2009; APPENDIX TABLE 1.1 CEMAC: Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2005-10; 2 Improving Surveillance Across the CEMAC Region; BOX 2.1 Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) Convergence Criteria; TABLE 2.1 CEMAC: Fiscal Convergence Criteria, 1998-2008; TABLE 2.2 Comparison of CEMAC Fiscal Indicators, 2000-08 (percent of GDP)

TABLE 2.3 Comparison of CEMAC Fiscal Indicators, 2000-08 (percent of non-oil GDP)Figure 2.1 CEMAC Non-oil Real GDP Growth and the Fiscal Impluse, 1995-2008; Figure 2.2 External Debt and Primary Gap, 1998-2008; TABLE 2.4 CEMAC Long-Term Macroeconomic Assumptions for Applying Rules-Based Measures (Percent, unless otherwise noted); Figure 2.3 Sustainability of the Non-Oil Primary Deficit under Different Fiscal Rules, 2009-13; TABLE 2.5 CEMAC Average Sustainable Non-oil Primary Deficit Under Different Fiscal Rules, 2009-48 (percent of Non-oil GDP)

Figure 2.4 CEMAC Sensitivity of the Sustainable Non-Oil Primary Deficit to Oil Prices Under a Permanent Income Hypothesis, 2009-13Figure 2.5 Central African Economic and Monetary Community Overall Fiscal Balance and External Current Account Balance; Figure 2.6 BEAC: Foreign Assets and Government Deposits, 1995-2008; TABLE 2.6 CEMAC: Currency Cover Ratio and Gross Official Reserves, 2000-08; 3 Determinants of Non-Oil Growth in the CFA Zone Oil-Producing Countries: How Do They Differ?; Figure 3.1 CFA Zone Countries and Select LICs: Non-Oil Growth and Development Indicators

TABLE 3.1 Growth and Total Investment: Estimation ResultsTABLE 3.2 Growth and Total Investment Robustness Check: Estimation Results Using the REER versus the PPP Undervaluation Index; TABLE 3.3 Growth and Investment: Estimation Results When Investment Is Disaggregated into Public and Private Investment; TABLE 3.4 Impact of investment on non-oil growth; 4 CEMAC's Infrastructure Gap: Issues and Policy Options; Figure 4.1 Changes in Growth per Capita Caused by Changes in Growth Fundamentals, 1990-2005

Figure 4.2 Changes in Growth per Capita in CEMAC Countries Caused



by Infrastructure Improvements, 1999-2005

Sommario/riassunto

Despite its vast oil wealth, central Africa still struggles to sustain strong, inclusive economic growth and to generate sufficient employment opportunities, particularly for its fast-growing youth population. Drawing on new research, Oil Wealth in Central Africa lays out the macroeconomic and growth challenges facing the region; examines oil wealth management and its implications for poverty reduction; and includes four case studies that exemplify lessons learned.