Volume/Issue: 2002/9
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Claudia Dziobek
, and
Mei Jin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
July
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451970562.003
ISBN: 9781451970562
Monthly economic statistical bulletins issued by central banks and national statistical offices, the focus of this study, are well established in countries with advanced statistical systems. Such bulletins present...
Volume/Issue: 1997/81
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
September
1997
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451834970.002
ISBN: 9781451834970
This Selected Issues paper highlights that the financial performance of Sao Tomé and Príncipe, after improving in 1995, deteriorated again in 1996, while production continued to stagnate. In 1995, the authorities a...
Volume/Issue: 1996/70
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451834963.002
ISBN: 9781451834963
This Selected Issues Paper and Statistical Appendix presents a summary of the tax system as of December 1995 of Sao Tomé and Príncipe. It describes the exchange and payments system. The paper highlights that the cu...
Volume/Issue: 2000/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
May
2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451834994.002
ISBN: 9781451834994
In the fiscal area, the primary budget balance of São Tomé and Príncipe has turned around from a deficit of 2.2 percent of GDP in 1997 to a surplus of 0.7 percent of GDP in 1998 (Dobra 1.9 billion). The primary sur...
Volume/Issue: 1998/93
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
October
1998
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451834987.002
ISBN: 9781451834987
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discuss...
Volume/Issue: 2002/31
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
February
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451835007.002
ISBN: 9781451835007
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discuss...
Volume/Issue: 2010/03
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s):
Olivier Blanchard
,
Giovanni Dell'Ariccia
, and
Paolo Mauro
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
February
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455224982.004
ISBN: 9781455224982
The great moderation lulled macroeconomists and policymakers alike in the belief that we knew how to conduct macroeconomic policy. The crisis clearly forces us to question that assessment. In this paper, we review...
Volume: 10
Series: Technical Notes and Manuals
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
August
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781462318254.005
ISBN: 9781462318254
This technical note describes the interaction of government cash management with other financial policies. The note offers guidance on policy, institutional, and practical issues for governments looking to develop...
Volume/Issue: 2008/119
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christopher Crowe
, and
Ellen Meade
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
May
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451869798.001
ISBN: 9781451869798
This paper examines the current level of central bank independence (CBI) and transparency in a broad sample of countries using newly constructed measures, and looks at the evolution in both measures from an earlier...
Volume/Issue: 1998/25
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1998
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451844238.001
ISBN: 9781451844238
Recently, monetary authorities have increasingly focused on implementing policies to ensure price stability and strengthen central bank independence. Simultaneously, in the fiscal area, market development has allow...