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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812447603321

Autore

Kim Daehaeng

Titolo

A Rule-Based Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Framework for Tanzania / / Daehaeng Kim, Mika Saito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-8098-0

9786612844430

1-4518-7391-3

1-282-84443-1

1-4527-7225-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

29 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

SaitoMika

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Economic development - Tanzania

Economics - Tanzania

Budgeting

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Fiscal Policy

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

National Budget

Budget Systems

Public finance & taxation

Budgeting & financial management

Public debt

Fiscal policy

Fiscal rules

Expenditure

Budget planning and preparation

Debts, Public

Expenditures, Public

Budget

Tanzania, United Republic of



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Fiscal Policy in Tanzania: Improvements and Vulnerabilities -- III. A Rule-Based Medium-Term Fiscal Policy -- IV. A Possible Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Framework for Tanzania -- V. Application of the Proposed Diamond Rule to Tanzania -- VI. Concluding Remarks -- Tables -- 1. Comparison Matrix  of Numerical Targets -- 2. Fiscal Rules in Selected Economies -- 3. Fiscal Rules in Sub-Saharan African Countries -- Figures -- 1. Government  Domestic Revenue and GDP per Capita in Selected -- 2. Indicators of Public Debt, 2008-2028 Baseline -- 3. Indicators of Public Debt, 2008-2028 Alternative Scenario -- 4. Indicators of Public Debt, 2008-2028 Role of Concessional Borrowing and Grants -- Boxes -- 1. Fiscal Risks  Disclosure -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

A zero net domestic financing (NDF) target has served Tanzania well in recent years, contributing to prudent expenditure policy, improved fiscal sustainability, and macroeconomic stability. Moving to a more flexible fiscal policy, however, may serve Tanzania better. The "diamond rule" proposed in this paper incorporates a permanent hard ceiling on debt and annual benchmark limits on NDF, expenditure growth, and nonconcessional external financing. This rule would provide flexibility for countercyclical policy and help define the fiscal space for infrastructure spending that is consistent with longrun fiscal sustainability. An illustrative simulation shows that Tanzania has considerable fiscal space for development spending.