Designing Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Low-Income Countries /

Macroeconomic outcomes in low-income countries (LICs) have improved markedly in recent years, but important questions remain regarding possible adjustments in the design of IMF-supported programs in such countries. This paper draws on a review of the literature as well as the experience of 15 LICs t...

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Hlavní autor: Martijn, Jan
Další autoři: Clements, Benedict, Di Bella, Gabriel, Tareq, Shamsuddin
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Edice:Occasional Papers; Occasional Paper ; No. 2006/005
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF
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