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Title Burundi : selected issues / prepared by Bernardin Akitoby [and others]
Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (37 pages) : color illustrations
Series IMF country report, 2227-8907 ; no. 08/292
IMF country report ; no. 08/292.
Contents Cover; Contents; I. Burundi: Lessons from the 2004-07 PRGF Arrangement; A. Introduction; Boxes; 1. Civil Conflict and Political Developments After 2000; B. Objectives of the First PRGF; C. Degree to Which Objectives Were Achieved; Figures; I.1. Volatility in Agriculture and Improvement Elsewhere Since 2003; I.2. Coffee and the Volatility of GDP Growth; I.3. Less Inflation but Still Volatile; I.4. A Wider Current Account but Steady Official Reserves; I.5. External Debt Indicators Improved After Debt Relief; I.6. External Aid Buoyed the Overall Balance but the Domestic Primary Balance
I.7. Increased Social Spending Should Help Reduce PovertyI. 8. With Revenue Stable; Higher Grants Must Finance Rising Expenditures; D. Lessons Learned; E. Conclusions; Tables; I.1. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2000-07; I.2. Structural Measures and Reforms During the 2004-2007 PRGF Arrangement; II. Assessing External Competitiveness In Burundi; A. Introduction; B. The Exchange Rate Regime and Recent Exchange Rate Developments; II. 1. Exchange Rate Developments; C. External Developments; II. 2. Balance of Payments Trends; II. 3. Export Patterns; D. Assessing the Real Exchange Rate
E. Econometric Estimation of the Equilibrium Real Exchange RateF. Competitiveness Indicators; II. 4. Real vs. Estimated Equilibrium Effective Exchange Rate; II. 5. World Bank Doing Business Survey, 2008; II. 6. World Bank Doing Business Indicators, Regional Comparison; G. Summary and Conclusions
Summary Annotation In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country
Notes "Prepared by Bernardin Akitoby, Alvaro Manoel, Matthew Gaertner, and Rainer Koehler."
"August 2008"--Cover
"Prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject International Monetary Fund -- Burundi
SUBJECT International Monetary Fund fast
Subject Poverty -- Burundi
Foreign exchange rates -- Burundi
Competition -- Burundi
Competition
Economic history
Economic policy
Foreign exchange rates
Poverty
SUBJECT Burundi -- Economic policy
Burundi -- Economic conditions
Subject Burundi
Form Electronic book
Author Akitoby, Bernardin, author.
International Monetary Fund, issuing body.
ISBN 1280895926
9781280895920
9781451991123
1451991126