Foreign Reserve Adequacy in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This paper looks at the question of adequacy of reserves in sub-Saharan African countries in light of the shocks faced by these countries. Literature on optimal reserves so far has not paid attention to the particular shocks facing low-income countries. We use a two-good endowment economy model faci...

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Körperschaft: International Monetary Fund
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/150
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF