Foreign Reserve Adequacy in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820696503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-4623-5176-X; 1-4527-3495-X; 9786612841019; 1-282-84101-7; 1-4518-7008-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (38 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers; IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/150
• Disciplina: 332.410967
• Soggetti: Foreign exchange - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Econometric models; Bank reserves - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Econometric models; Foreign exchange - Econometric models; Bank reserves - Econometric models; Aid flows; Balance of trade; Banking; Banks and Banking; Consumption; Economic assistance; Economic policy; Economics; Empirical Studies of Trade; Exports and Imports; Foreign Aid; Foreign exchange reserves; International economics; International reserves; Macroeconomics; Macroeconomics: Consumption; Monetary Policy; Nternational cooperation; Saving; Terms of trade; Trade balance; Wealth; Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• 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. Foreign Reserves in sub-Saharan Africa; Figures; 1. Reserves in Months of Imports; Tables; 1. Comparisons of International Reserves Across Regions, 1995-07; III. Shocks Facing Sub-Saharan Africa; 3. Reserves to Short-Term Debt <2, 2007; 4. Frequency Distributions of Key Parameters; 5. Frequency Distributions of Key Parameters; 6. Response of Key Macro Economic Variables to a Large TOT Schock; 7. Response of Key Macroeconomic Variables to a Large Aid Shock; IV. Small Open Economy with Two Goods; V. Simulation Results; 8. Optimal Reserve Behavior - Jeanne-Ranciere v.s. Two-Good9. Path of Consumption-Ranciere vs. Two-Good Model; 10. Optimal Reserve Behavior-Two Good Model with both TOT and Aid Shock [I]; 11. Optimal Reserve Behavior-Two Good Model with both TOT and Aid Shock [II]; 12. Actual Level of Reserves to GDP ratio for SSA countries; 13. Sensitivity of Optimal Reserves to Key Parameters; 14. Sensitivity of Optimal Reserves to Key Parameters; 15. Reserve Adequacy for African Countries Using Two-Good Model /1; VI. Conclusion; 16. Country Specific Application-Illustrative Examples.; A1. Benchmark ParametersA2. Simulation Parameters for Countries; References; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper looks at the question of adequacy of reserves in sub-Saharan African countries in light of the shocks faced by these countries. Literature on optimal reserves so far has not paid attention to the particular shocks facing low-income countries. We use a two-good endowment economy model facing terms of trade and aid shocks to derive the optimal level of reserves by comparing the cost of holding reserves with their benefits as an insurance against a shock. We find that the optimal level of reserves depends upon the size of these shocks, their probability, and the output cost associated with them,.