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Record Nr.

UNINA9911149000703321

Autore

Kim Daehaeng

Titolo

A Rule-Based Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Framework for Tanzania / / Daehaeng Kim, Mika Saito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612844430

9781462380985

1462380980

9781451873917

1451873913

9781282844438

1282844431

9781452772257

1452772258

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

29 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

SaitoMika

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Economic development - Tanzania

Economics - Tanzania

Budget planning and preparation

Budget Systems

Budget

Budgeting & financial management

Budgeting

Debt Management

Debt

Debts, Public

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Fiscal rules

Macroeconomics

National Budget

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Public debt

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Sovereign Debt



Tanzania, United Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Fiscal Policy in Tanzania: Improvements and Vulnerabilities -- III. A Rule-Based Medium-Term Fiscal Policy -- IV. A Possible Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Framework for Tanzania -- V. Application of the Proposed Diamond Rule to Tanzania -- VI. Concluding Remarks -- Tables -- 1. Comparison Matrix  of Numerical Targets -- 2. Fiscal Rules in Selected Economies -- 3. Fiscal Rules in Sub-Saharan African Countries -- Figures -- 1. Government  Domestic Revenue and GDP per Capita in Selected -- 2. Indicators of Public Debt, 2008-2028 Baseline -- 3. Indicators of Public Debt, 2008-2028 Alternative Scenario -- 4. Indicators of Public Debt, 2008-2028 Role of Concessional Borrowing and Grants -- Boxes -- 1. Fiscal Risks  Disclosure -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

A zero net domestic financing (NDF) target has served Tanzania well in recent years, contributing to prudent expenditure policy, improved fiscal sustainability, and macroeconomic stability. Moving to a more flexible fiscal policy, however, may serve Tanzania better. The "diamond rule" proposed in this paper incorporates a permanent hard ceiling on debt and annual benchmark limits on NDF, expenditure growth, and nonconcessional external financing. This rule would provide flexibility for countercyclical policy and help define the fiscal space for infrastructure spending that is consistent with longrun fiscal sustainability. An illustrative simulation shows that Tanzania has considerable fiscal space for development spending.