Fiscal Sustainability, Public Investment, and Growth in Natural Resource-Rich, Low-Income Countries : The Case of Cameroon /

This paper assesses the implications of the use of oil revenue for public investment on growth and fiscal sustainability in Cameroon. We develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of such investment on growth and on the path of key fiscal indicators, such as the no...

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1. autor: Samake, Issouf
Kolejni autorzy: Muthoora, Priscilla, Versailles, Bruno
Format: Czasopismo
Język:English
Wydane: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Seria:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/144
Dostęp online:Full text available on IMF
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