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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958654503321

Autore

Zakharova Daria

Titolo

Reflections on Quantitative Fiscal Conditionality in African PRGF-Supported Programs / / Daria Zakharova, Annalisa Fedelino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613830609

9781462320547

1462320546

9781451988352

1451988354

9781283518154

1283518155

9781451909128

1451909128

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (27 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

FedelinoAnnalisa

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Africa

Conditionality (International relations)

Debt Management

Debt

Debts, External

Debts, Public

Deflation

Exports and Imports

External debt

Fiscal conditionality

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Fiscal stance

Inflation

International economics

International Lending and Debt Problems

Macroeconomics

Price Level

Prices

Public debt

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance



Sovereign Debt

Sierra Leone

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. SOME PRINCIPLES FOR ASSESSING THE DESIGN OF FISCAL CONDITIONALITY""; ""III. MACROECONOMIC THRESHOLDS AND PCS Inflation""; ""IV. OTHER ASPECTS OF QUANTITATIVE FISCAL CONDITIONALITY DESIGN""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

We survey quantitative fiscal conditionality in selected sub-Saharan African PRGFsupported programs, and assess the conditionality against some possible benchmarks and best practices. While noting many caveats, the paper suggests some possible scope for further attuning of this conditionality to countries' specific macro-fiscal situations. The paper also offers some suggestions on how quantitative fiscal conditionality might be further enhanced.