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  • Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities Stemming from the Global Economic Crisis: The Case of Swaziland

    by Olivier Basdevant, Chikako Baba, Borislava Mircheva ...
    Swaziland has faced a significant fiscal crisis since 2010, in the wake of loss of transfers from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The fiscal crisis has led to increasing vulnerabilities, not only of public finances but also on commercial banks and the private sector. This paper provides an analysis of Swaziland's main macroeconomic vulnerabilities and the main policy implications of the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Building a Common Future in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

    by Joannes Mr. Mongardini, Tamon Mr. Asonuma, Olivier Basdevant, Alfredo Mr. Cuevas, Xavier Mr. Debrun, Lars Engstrom, Imelda Flores Vazquez, Vitaliy Mr. Kramarenko, Lamin Mr. Leigh, Paul Mr. Masson, Geneviève Verdier ...
    The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the oldest customs union in the world, with significant opportunities ahead for creating higher economic growth and increased welfare benefits to the people of the region, by fulfilling its vision to become an economic community with a common market and monetary union. This volume describes policy options to address the barriers to equitable and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Mystery of Missing Real Spillovers in Southern Africa

    Some Facts and Possible Explanations

    by Olivier Basdevant, Andrew Mr. Jonelis, Borislava Miss Mircheva, Slavi Mr. Slavov ...
    Series Book 14 - Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
    Anecdotal evidence suggests that the economies of South Africa and its neighbors (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe) are tightly integrated with each other. There are important institutional linkages. Across the region there are also large flows of goods and capital, significant financial sector interconnections, as well as sizeable labor movements and associated ... Read more

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  • Restoring Sustainability in a Changing Global Environment: Options for Swaziland

    by Olivier Basdevant, Borislava Miss Mircheva ...
    Series Book 13 - Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
    The Kingdom of Swaziland (hereinafter Swaziland) is a small, open economy bordering Mozambique and South Africa with a population of 1.1 million people. It is a landlocked country with an economy heavily dependent on concentrates, sugar exports, and tourism, and with more than 80 percent of its imports originating from South Africa. Swaziland is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation in the Post-Crisis World

    by Mauricio Mr. Villafuerte, Cemile Ms. Sancak, Jan Gottschalk, S. M. Ali Abbas, Olivier Basdevant, Ricardo Velloso, Fuad Hasanov, Greetje Everaert, Stephanie Eble, Junhyung Park ...
    Series Book 10 - Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
    In response to the global financial crisis, governments provided substantial support to the financial and other key sectors. Although this cushioned the adverse effects of the crisis, it is necessary now to articulate a strategy to ensure the sustainability of public finances. This paper discusses the scale and composition of fiscal adjustment that will need to occur once the recovery is securely ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

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  • The New Depression

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    by Richard Duncan ...
    Why the global recession is in danger of becoming another Great Depression, and how we can stop itWhen the United States stopped backing dollars with gold in 1968, the nature of money changed. All previous constraints on money and credit creation were removed and a new economic paradigm took shape. Economic growth ceased to be driven by capital accumulation and investment as it had been since ... Read more

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  • Fiscal Policy for the Crisis

    by Antonio Mr. Spilimbergo, Steven Mr. Symansky, Carlo Mr. Cottarelli, Olivier Blanchard ...
    Series Book 2008 - IMF Staff Position Notes
    The current crisis calls for two main sets of policy measures. First, measures to repair the financial system. Second, measures to increase demand and restore confidence. While some of these measures overlap, the focus of this note is on the second set of policies, and more specifically, given the limited room for monetary policy, on fiscal policy. ... Read more

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  • Zimbabwe: Challenges and Policy Options after Hyperinflation

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  • Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance, And Growth

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    Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance and Growth presents the World Bank's latest short-term forecasts. In addition, the report presents evidence that the financial boom played a critical role in the growth boom experienced by developing countries between 2003 and 2007, but that tighter conditions in the future are expected to result in weaker growth over the next 5 to 10 years.The ... Read more

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  • Navigating the Fiscal Challenges Ahead

    by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. ...
    Series Book 2010 - Fiscal Monitor
    With increasing fiscal challenges in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, multilateral surveillance of fiscal developments, a key part of the IMF's surveillance responsibilities, has gained further importance. In response, the Fiscal Monitor was launched in 2009 to survey and analyze the latest public finance developments, update fiscal implications of the crisis and medium-term fiscal ... Read more

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  • CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics

    by Sharon A Wynne ...
    Your job will be to test drive your knowledge in Principles of Macroeconomics to see if you can answer 50% correctly. Next, use the detailed answers to improve. If you decide you are ready, check to see that your college offers the credits, generally 3 credits. Your accomplishment not only means you don’t have to take that course, you actually fill your major’s requirements. Once you see how easy ... Read more

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