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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2011, Middle East and Central Asia
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2011
ISBN: 9781616350642
Keywords: oil importers, oil exporters, oil and gas, subsidies, oil prices
Sources: IMF Regional Economic Outlook database; and Microsoft Map Land. Note: The country names and borders on this map do not necessarily reflect the IMF’s official po...

III Special Fiscal Institutions and the Management of Oil Revenue— Recent International Experience »
Source: Managing the Oil Revenue Boom : The Role of Fiscal Institutions
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Mauricio Villafuerte , Rolando Ossowski , Theo Thomas , and Paulo Medas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067189
Keywords: Financial institutions, Oil revenues, oil-producing countries, fiscal policy, oil prices, fiscal rules
Many oil-producing countries have had difficulties in addressing the challenges posed by dependence on oil revenues. Countries with large oil resources can benefit substantially from oil revenue, but some ch...

3 Fiscal Structure and Reform »
Source: Building on Progress : Reform and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 November 1996
ISBN: 9781557756251
Keywords: trade liberalization, financial sector, uruguay round, banking, oil countries
Governments in the countries of the MENA region have traditionally played a dominant role in their economies, especially in terms of the resources that they command, their contribution to output, and their i...

Appendix II. Financial Operations and Transactions »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 1999
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 September 1999
ISBN: 9781451945232
Keywords: interest, debt, payments, loans, external debt
The tables in this appendix supplement the information given in Chapter 10 on the IMF’s financial operations and policies. Table II.1 Arrangemen...

2 Investment and Growth »
Source: Building on Progress : Reform and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 November 1996
ISBN: 9781557756251
Keywords: trade liberalization, financial sector, uruguay round, banking, oil countries
How to achieve a better economic growth is the major economic policy challenge facing the countries of MENA. Sustained high growth is needed to improve living standards, reduce unemployment, and provide jobs...

Appendix VIII. Changes in Membership of the Executive Board »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 1999
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 September 1999
ISBN: 9781451945232
Keywords: interest, debt, payments, loans, external debt
Changes in membership of the Executive Board between May 1, 1998 and April 30, 1999 were as follows: Han Mingzhi (China) relinquished his duties as Alternate Executive Director to Zhang Zhixiang (Ch...

II Energy Management as a Global Problem »
Source: Oil Exporters' Economic Development in an Interdependent World
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Jahangir Amuzegar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 April 1983
ISBN: 9781557750785
Keywords: opec, oil exporting, exporting developing countries, oil exports, oil exporting countries
For the first time in postwar history, if not indeed the history of the modern world, energy management has become an overriding global economic, strategic, and political issue. Worldwide inflation, continue...

V World Payments Imbalances and the International Adjustment Process »
Source: Oil Exporters' Economic Development in an Interdependent World
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Jahangir Amuzegar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 April 1983
ISBN: 9781557750785
Keywords: opec, oil exporting, exporting developing countries, oil exports, oil exporting countries
Chapter III discussed the policy options and directions of the domestic investment strategy of the oil exporting developing countries and their individual country performances. The discussion sh...

VI The Imperatives of Energy Interdependence »
Source: Oil Exporters' Economic Development in an Interdependent World
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Jahangir Amuzegar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 April 1983
ISBN: 9781557750785
Keywords: opec, oil exporting, exporting developing countries, oil exports, oil exporting countries
The energy crisis of the 1970s is the energy challenge of the 1980s and beyond. Economically competitive substitutes for oil will have to be found; energy (and particularly oil) efficiency in the production...

Appendix IX. Financial Statements »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 1999
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 September 1999
ISBN: 9781451945232
Keywords: interest, debt, payments, loans, external debt
Report of the External Audit Committee Washington, DC June 24, 1999 Authority and Scope of the Audit...