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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828554903321

Autore

Chami Ralph

Titolo

Fiscal Sustainability in Remittance-Dependent Economies / / Ralph Chami, Yasser Abdih, Amine Mati, Michael Gapen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-4623-5677-X

1-4527-0566-6

1-4518-7337-9

9786612843990

1-282-84399-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (42 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

AbdihYasser

GapenMichael

MatiAmine

Disciplina

336.3

336.309172

Soggetti

Fiscal policy

Debts, Public

Banks and Banking

Debt Management

Debt sustainability

Debt

Debts, External

Exports and Imports

Finance

Fiscal consolidation

Fiscal Policy

Interest rates

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

International economics

International finance

International Lending and Debt Problems

Macroeconomics

Public debt

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Real interest rates

Remittances

Sovereign Debt



Lebanon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 2009".

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Implication of Remittances for Public Debt Sustainability; III. An Application: Lebanon; 1. Lebanon: Debt Dynamics; 1. Debt Dynamics and Primary Surpluses that Stabilize the Debt Ratio for Lebanon; 2. Lebanon: Primary Surpluses that Stabilize the Debt Ratio; A. Stabilizing the Debt at Current Levels; B. Targeting a Lower Debt Level; 2. Primary Surplus Required to Reduce the Debt Ratio to a Given Target; IV. Conclusion; I. Traditional Model of Debt Sustainability; A. The law of motion of the government debt-to-GDP ratio

B. The primary surplus-to-GDP ratio that stabilizes the debt-to-GDP ratio C. The primary surplus-to-GDP ratio that reduces debt-to-GDP to a given target; II. Debt Sustainability in the Presence of Remittances; A. The law of motion of the government debt-to-GDP plus remittances ratio; B. The primary surplus-to-GDP ratio that stabilizes debt-to-GDP plus remittances; C. The primary surplus-to-GDP ratio that reduces debt-to-GDP plus remittances to a given target; References; Footnotes

Sommario/riassunto

We investigate the impact of remittances on public debt sustainability and detail how the traditional debt-to-GDP ratio can be modified to create a more accurate representation of debt sustainability for a country that receives significant remittance inflows. The main result is that inclusion of remittances into the traditional debt sustainability analysis alters the amount of fiscal adjustment required to place debt on a sustainable path. While preliminary, these results are indicative of how a one-size-fits-all stability analysis may be inappropriate when evaluating the stance of fiscal policy for countries with different balance of payments characteristics.