The Design of Fiscal Adjustment Strategies in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland /

Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland face the serious challenge of adjusting not only to lower Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) transfers because of the global economic crisis, but also to a potential further decline over the medium term. This paper assesses options for the design of the ne...

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Glavni autor: Zanna, Luis-Felipe
Daljnji autori: Basdevant, Olivier, Verdier, Genevieve, Yang, Susan
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/266
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF
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