Regional Economic Outlook, May 2006, Sub-Saharan Africa

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (132 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.967
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions Statistics; South Africa
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Regional Economic Outlook, May 2006, Sub-Saharan Africa
• ISBN: 1-4552-9124-2; 1-4527-0392-2; 1-283-53720-6; 1-4519-7820-0; 9786613849656
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823383203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Regional Economic Outlook