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Old Curses, New Approaches? Fiscal Benchmarks for Oil-Producing Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: Old Curses, New Approaches? Fiscal Benchmarks for Oil-Producing Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Volume/Issue: 2007/107
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Jan-Peter Olters
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2007
ISBN: 9781451866711
Keywords: Oil reserves, sustainability, oil production, oil and gas, gas reserves, National Deficit Surplus, Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development,
Buoyant oil prices have allowed oil-producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA OPCs) to increase oil exports and fiscal revenues, providing them with resources necessary to address the pressing social needs. To...

Institutional Quality and International Trade »
Source: Institutional Quality and International Trade
Volume/Issue: 2004/231
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Andrei Levchenko
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2004
ISBN: 9781451875560
Keywords: institutions, incomplete contracts, institutional quality, factor endowments, factor price, trade opening, Neoclassical Models of Trade, Country and Industry Studies of Trade, Trade and Labor Market Interactions,
The quality of institutions-meaning the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, shareholder protection, and the like-has received a great deal of attention in recent years. The purposes of this paper are...

V Debt Restructuring by Official Bilateral Creditors »
Source: Official Financing for Developing Countries 1997
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 March 1998
ISBN: 9781557757029
Keywords: debt, creditors, interest, external debt, debt service
Paris Club Reschedulings, August 1995–September 1997 Since August 1995, Paris Club creditors have concluded 23 rescheduling agreements, involving debt-service obligations and arrears...

APPENDIX VIII Changes in Membership of the Executive Board »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2001 : Making the Global Economy Work for All
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 September 2001
ISBN: 9781589060623
Keywords: interest, debt, payments, loans, financial statements
Changes in membership of the Executive Board between May 1, 2000, and April 30, 2001, were as follows: Agustin Carstens completed his term of service as Executive Director for Costa Rica, El Salvado...

Chapter 2. Country Overview »
Source: Lifting the Oil Curse : Improving Petroleum Revenue Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Harinder Malothra , Milan Cuc , Ulrich Bartsch , and Menachem Katz
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 January 2004
ISBN: 9781589063174
Keywords: fiscal policy, oil sector, oil companies, exchange rate, oil prices
The seven countries in the group of oil-producing African countries together produced an average of 3.8 million barrels of oil per day in 2001, equivalent to 5 percent of world oil production. Their total pr...

DOCUMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2006
ISBN: 9781589065123
Keywords: debt, debt relief, debt cancellation, oil prices, world economy
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS Saturday September 24...

Appendix VI. Press Communiqués of the Interim Committee and the Development Committee »
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
Interim Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary System PRESS COMMUNIQUÉS Fifty-First Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1998...

IV Developments in Exchange Rate Arrangements and Markets »
Source: Exchange Rate Arrangements and Currency Convertibility : Developments and Issues
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): R. Johnston , and Mark Swinburne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 1999
ISBN: 9781557757951
Keywords: foreign exchange, exchange rate, foreign exchange market, interbank market
According to the IMF’s official classification of exchange arrangements, there has been a gradual move away from pegged regimes into more flexible arrangements. This classification scheme has, however, a num...

ATTENDANCE »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2006
ISBN: 9781589065123
Keywords: debt, debt relief, debt cancellation, oil prices, world economy
Members of Fund Delegations Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Governor...

2 Lessons from Past Crises—and How the Current Crisis Differs »
Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2010 : The MDGs after the Crisis
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 April 2010
ISBN: 9781455215959
Keywords: hiv/aids, safety nets, maternal mortality, external shocks, infant mortality
Historically, periods of sharp contraction have been extremely harmful for human development. Social indicators tend to deteriorate rapidly during economic downturns and improve slowly during ec...