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9 Challenges to Financial Intermediation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
For a number of years, the financial system [including the Central Bank of the Congo or BCC (Banque Centrale du Congo)] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has operated with limited resources in a...
5 Economic Performance Over the Conflict Cycle »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
Section I. Introduction Poverty and armed conflict are closely connected, so the poorest countries face the prospect of being caught in a “conflict trap” of poverty and recurring con...
8 Empirical Evidence of the Sources of Hyperinflation and Falling Currency »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) experienced hyperinflation throughout the 1990s. For instance, from October 1990 to December 1995, the cumulative increase in prices was 6.3 billion percent, while...
1 Introduction and Overview »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
Internal conflict and wars have seriously affected Africa’s development and caused immense suffering to its population. One of the bloodiest wars since World War II took place in the Great Lakes region. The...
7 Political Instability and Growth in the Central African Republic, a Neighbor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
Section I. Introduction The Central African Republic (C.A.R.), a landlocked nation about the size of France, is one of the poorest countries in the world. It ranked 168th out of 175...
Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo »
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589062528.071
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is making significant strides on both the political and economic fronts to extricate itself from one of the bloodiest wars in African history. This remarkable turnaround offers...
Back Matter »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is making significant strides on both the political and economic fronts to extricate itself from one of the bloodiest wars in African history. This remarkable turnaround offers...
Front Matter »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is making significant strides on both the political and economic fronts to extricate itself from one of the bloodiest wars in African history. This remarkable turnaround offers...
10 Rebuilding Fiscal Institutions »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
Section I. Introduction The collapse of the expenditure control system and revenue collection, and the resulting monetization of an uncontrolled budgetary deficit, were identified as...
6 Sources of Growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: An Econometric Approach »
Source: Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Books
Author(s): Jean Clément
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 February 2005
ISBN: 9781589062528
Keywords: civil war, civil wars, military, political instability, real gdp
Section I. Introduction The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1 with a large and dynamic population of more than 55 million people, is endowed...