Gabon : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix.

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix for Gabon discusses fiscal and development issues with a focus on problems caused by Gabon's high dependence on oil, with large oil price-related fluctuations in government revenue and rapidly declining oil production since its peak in 1997. T...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/094
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix for Gabon discusses fiscal and development issues with a focus on problems caused by Gabon's high dependence on oil, with large oil price-related fluctuations in government revenue and rapidly declining oil production since its peak in 1997. The paper addresses the issue of fiscal and debt sustainability with several existing methodologies, adapted to Gabon's situation of high and declining oil revenue. The fiscal and debt sustainability analysis also takes into account the expected decline in future oil resources.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (136 pages)
Format:Mode of access: Internet
ISSN:1934-7685
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