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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818149803321

Autore

Clausen Jens

Titolo

Calculating Sustainable Non-mineral Balances as Benchmarks for Fiscal Policy : : The Case of Botswana / / Jens Clausen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

1-4623-7598-7

1-4527-1780-X

1-4518-6977-0

9786612840715

1-282-84071-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (17 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/117

Disciplina

339.09689709049

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Botswana

Revenue - Botswana

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Natural Resources

Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General

Fiscal Policy

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics

Environmental and Ecological Economics: General

Environmental management

Non-renewable resources

Fiscal policy

Fiscal stance

Personal income

Natural resources

Income

Botswana Economic conditions 1966-

Botswana

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Fiscal Policy in Resource-Rich Countries:; A. International Experience; B. The Permanent Income Hypothesis; C. Mathematical Representation of How to Calculate Benchmarks; III. The Case of Botswana; A. Background; B. Calculating Sustainable Non-mineral Balances for Botswana; Figures; 1 Botswana: Mineral Revenues, Annuity, and Asset Accumulation; Table; 1. Botswana: Fiscal Sustainability Benchmarks; C. Sensitivity Analysis; 2. Botswana: Sensitivity Analysis for Benchmarked Balances; 3. Botswana: Mineral Revenues, Annuity, and Asset Accumulation; IV. Conclusions

References

Sommario/riassunto

Assuming a social welfare function that smoothes expenditure, this paper calculates a sustainability benchmark for the non-mineral balance in Botswana that is based on a notion of a "permanent income" from non-renewable resources. It is derived by constructing a hypothetical annuity from revenues from these resources, which is held constant in terms of GDP. Botswana is an interesting case because current projections suggest that diamond resources could be largely exhausted within a generation.