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Bolivia: Selected Issues »
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Source: Bolivia : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2007/249
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 July 2007
ISBN: 9781451805833
Keywords: exchange rate, real exchange rate, real exchange, dutch disease, international monetary fund
This Selected Issues paper on Bolivia reports that it has experienced major increases in its gas reserves, production, and exports. Not only have their levels increased significantly, but also there have been exten...
Petroleum Product Subsidies »
Article
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...
CHAPTER 5 Economic Growth: What Has Been Achieved and How? »
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Source: Economic Adjustment and Reform in Low-Income Countries (ESAF Review Background Papers)
Series: Books
Author(s): Susan Schadler , and Hugh Bredenkamp
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 June 1999
ISBN: 9781557757159
Keywords: inflation, public enterprises, public enterprise, enterprise reform, public enterprise sector
The promotion of sustainable economic growth is one of the principal objectives of ESAF-supported programs. This chapter examines the pattern of growth in ESAF countries over the past 10–15 years, drawing co...