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Perspectives économiques régionales, Oct 13 : Afrique subsaharienne Maintenir le rythme »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Language: French
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484369470.086
ISBN: 9781484369470
Keywords: frontier markets, exchange rate, capital inflows, debt, private capital, portfolio flows, balance of payments, structural reforms, exchange rate pegs, foreign exchange
The October 2013 Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa provides a comprehensive report on the prospects for growth in the region, as well as the major risks to the outlook. Generally, growth is expected to...
Enhancing Development Assistance to Africa: Lessons from Scaling-Up Scenarios »
Source: Enhancing Development Assistance to Africa : Lessons from Scaling-Up Scenarios
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Matthew Gaertner , Laure Redifer , Pedro Conceição , Rafael Portillo , Luis-Felipe Zanna , Jan Gottschalk , Andrew Berg , Ayodele Odusola , Brett House , and José Saúl Lizondo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 March 2012
ISBN: 9781616352370
Keywords: Official development assistance, Sub-Saharan Africa, exchange rate, public investment, real exchange rate, exchange rate appreciation, real exchange rate appreciation
The pace of progress toward achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) in many sub-Saharan African countries remains too slow to reach targets by 2015, despite significant progress in the late 1990s. The...
Harmonization of Domestic Consumption Taxes in Central and Western African Countries »
Source: Harmonization of Domestic Consumption Taxes in Central and Western African Countries
Volume/Issue: 2006/8
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Lubin Kobla Doe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2006
ISBN: 9781451862683
Keywords: Harmonization, CEMAC, WAEMU, WAMZ, vat, excise tax, petroleum taxes, tax administration, Other Economic Systems: Performance and Prospects,
This paper examines the reform of the main domestic consumption taxes initiated by the CEMAC and the WAEMU aimed at reinforcing their economic integration. On the whole, compliance with the VAT is relatively weaker...
Relative Price Stability, Creditor Rights, and Financial Deepening »
Source: Relative Price Stability, Creditor Rights, and Financial Deepening
Volume/Issue: 2007/139
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Pablo Druck , Alexander Plekhanov , and Mario Dehesa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2007
ISBN: 9781451867039
Keywords: Private credit, creditor rights, volatility, relative price, relative price variability, high inflation, price stability,
The paper provides a theoretical and cross-country empirical analysis of the determinants of financial deepening, and finds that higher credit-to-GDP ratios are associated with stronger creditor rights and lower in...
Financial Deepening, Property Rights and Poverty »
Source: Financial Deepening, Property Rights and Poverty : Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Volume/Issue: 2011/196
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yifei Huang , and Raju Singh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
ISBN: 9781462305230
Keywords: financial development, property rights, dependent variable, gini coefficient, descriptive statistics, Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, Financial Economics: General,
Recent studies on the relationship between financial development and poverty have been inconclusive. Some claim that, by allowing more entrepreneurs to obtain financing, financial development improves the allocatio...
Petroleum Product Subsidies »
Source: Petroleum Product Subsidies : Costly, Inequitable, and On the Rise
Volume/Issue: 2010/05
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s): John Piotrowski , David Coady , Justin Tyson , Rolando Ossowski , Robert Gillingham , and Shamsuddin Tareq
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 February 2010
ISBN: 9781455239108
Keywords: Commodity price fluctuations, Oil exporting countries, Oil product prices, Oil subsidies, Price stabilization, Fiscal reforms, Governance, Taxes, Subsidies, Petroleum products
Petroleum product subsidies have again started to increase with the rebound in international prices. This note reviews recent developments in subsidy levels and argues that reforming the policy framework for settin...
Expansion, récession ou prospérité? L’exploitation des richesses naturelles en Afrique subsaharienne »
Source: Expansion, récession ou prospérité? L'exploitation des richesses naturelles en Afrique subsaharienne
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Charlotte Lundgren , Alun Thomas , and Robert York
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 December 2013
Language: French
ISBN: 9781484374443
Keywords: oil, minerals, fiscal framework, governance, resource curse, Dutch disease, taxation, investment efficiency, capacity, extractive industries
Sizeable natural resource endowments and potentially large financial inflows from their extraction provide an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth and development in a growing number of sub-Saharan African...
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Source: Perspectives économiques régionales, Oct 13 : Afrique subsaharienne Maintenir le rythme
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Language: French
ISBN: 9781484369470
Keywords: frontier markets, exchange rate, capital inflows, debt, private capital, portfolio flows, balance of payments, structural reforms, exchange rate pegs, foreign exchange
Sauf indication contraire, les données et projections utilisées dans ce rapport reposent sur les estimations des services du FMI au 8 octobre 2013 et correspondent à celles qui ont servi pour l’édition d’oct...
1. Maintenir le rythme »
Source: Perspectives économiques régionales, Oct 13 : Afrique subsaharienne Maintenir le rythme
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Language: French
ISBN: 9781484369470
Keywords: frontier markets, exchange rate, capital inflows, debt, private capital, portfolio flows, balance of payments, structural reforms, exchange rate pegs, foreign exchange
Le ralentissement de la conjoncture économique mondiale et son instabilité croissante ne devraient avoir qu’une incidence modérée sur l’Afrique subsaharienne cette année et l’année suivante. La croissance de...
2. Les moteurs de la croissance dans les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne pauvres en ressources naturelles »
Source: Perspectives économiques régionales, Oct 13 : Afrique subsaharienne Maintenir le rythme
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Language: French
ISBN: 9781484369470
Keywords: frontier markets, exchange rate, capital inflows, debt, private capital, portfolio flows, balance of payments, structural reforms, exchange rate pegs, foreign exchange
Le décollage de la croissance africaine observé depuis le milieu des années 90 n’est pas exclusivement imputable aux produits de base. Plusieurs pays ont enregistré des taux de croissance élevés qui n’étaien...