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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823383203321

Titolo

Regional Economic Outlook, May 2006, Sub-Saharan Africa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4552-9124-2

1-4527-0392-2

1-283-53720-6

1-4519-7820-0

9786613849656

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 p.)

Collana

Regional Economic Outlook

Disciplina

330.967

Soggetti

Banks and Banking

Foreign Exchange

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Industries: Financial Services

Finance: General

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Energy: Demand and Supply

Prices

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Currency

Foreign exchange

Public finance & taxation

Banking

Finance

Exchange rate arrangements

Oil prices

Conventional peg

Floating exchange rates

Expenditure

Financial services

Financial sector



Economic sectors

Fiscal federalism

Fiscal policy

Financial services industry

Banks and banking

Expenditures, Public

Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions

Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions Statistics

South Africa

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

Overview. Recent developments and short-term prospects ; Scaling up aid : macroeconomic challenges ; The financial sector ; Fiscal decentralization -- Recent Developments and short-term prospects. Developments in 2005 ; Oil exporters ; Oil importer ; Official grants and multilateral debt relief ; Outlook for 2006 -- Scaling up aid : macroeconomic implications. Real exchange rate ; Sterilization of aid inflows and inflation ; Impact on revenues ; Impact on growth ; Other fiscal issues ; Governance and growth ; Debt sustainability and management ; Conclusions -- Financial sectors : issues, challenges, and reform strategies. Key characteristics ; economics challenges ; Financial sector reforms ; Elements of a forward-looking reform strategy -- Fiscal decentralization. Objectives ; Features; Impact of fiscal decentralization ; Challenges and ways forward.

Sommario/riassunto

Prepared by the Policy Wing of the IMF African Department, and published twice a year in English and French, Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes economic performance and short-term prospects of the 44 countries covered by the Department. Topics examined in recent volumes include responses to exogenous shocks, growth performance and growth-enhancing policies, the effectiveness of regional trade arrangements, macroeconomic implications of scaled-up aid, financial sector development, and fiscal decentralization. Detailed country data, grouped by oil-exporting and -importing countries and by subregion, are provided in an appendix and a statistical appendix, and a list of relevant publications by the African Department is included.