Volume/Issue: 2009/106
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2009
ISBN: 9781451835199
This paper discusses a request from the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe for a three-year arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The economic outlook for 2009 is broadly fav...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Dmitry Gershenson
,
Albert Jaeger
, and
Subir Lall
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
March
2016
ISBN: 9781513597225
Structural reforms were hoped to increase the scale and number of high-performing firms, which also tend to be exporting firms. Based on the results of a firm survey conducted by IMF staff, ther...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Dmitry Gershenson
,
Albert Jaeger
, and
Subir Lall
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
March
2016
ISBN: 9781513597225
Minimizing rent-seeking and improving education will channel the country’s resources to productive uses and enhance growth prospects.
Starting in the early 2000s, Portugal’s growth stag...
Volume/Issue: 37/9
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
September
2008
ISBN: 9781451967968
Antoinette Sayeh interview, IMF clarifies surveillance process, Georgia loan, Olivier Blanchard interview, Africa's financial sector, EMU slowdown, EU transfers, sovereign wealth fund principles, United Kingdom out...
Volume/Issue: 2005/332
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
September
2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451835069.002
ISBN: 9781451835069
This paper focuses on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. The National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper represents the result of analyses of the country...
Volume/Issue: 2009/106
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451835199.002
ISBN: 9781451835199
This paper discusses a request from the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe for a three-year arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The economic outlook for 2009 is broadly fav...
Volume/Issue: 2000/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
May
2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451834994.002
ISBN: 9781451834994
In the fiscal area, the primary budget balance of São Tomé and Príncipe has turned around from a deficit of 2.2 percent of GDP in 1997 to a surplus of 0.7 percent of GDP in 1998 (Dobra 1.9 billion). The primary sur...
Volume/Issue: 2002/178
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Biaggio Bossone
, and
Abdourahmane Sarr
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451858969.001
ISBN: 9781451858969
Our proposal draws on the premise that the availability of stable demand deposits for bank lending, in the process of which inside money is created, does not require any act of intentional saving. The mechanism all...
Volume/Issue: 2013/116
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Antonio David
, and
Martin Petri
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
May
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484323335.001
ISBN: 9781484323335
Using data from three household surveys, we review whether growth in Mauritius was inclusive and discuss the incidence of public expenditures and taxes. Generally, Mauritius enjoys an even income distribution and l...
Volume/Issue: 2010/120
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Miguel Segoviano Basurto
,
Carlos Caceres
, and
Vincenzo Guzzo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
May
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455200795.001
ISBN: 9781455200795
Over the past year, euro area sovereign spreads have exhibited an unprecedented degree of volatility. This paper explores how much of these large movements reflected shifts in (i) global risk aversion (ii) country-...