An Assessment of External Price Competitiveness for Mozambique /

This paper conducts an assessment of external price competitiveness for Mozambique. A variety of indicators suggest that Mozambique has recently lost external price competitiveness with respect to its major trading partners. Consistent with these indicators, an exchange rate assessment indicates tha...

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Glavni autor: Vitek, Francis
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/165
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF
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