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Designing Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Low-Income Countries

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  • Mr. Jan Kees Martijn
  • Gabriel Di Bella
  • Mr. Shamsuddin Tareq
  • Mr. Benedict J. Clements
  • Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie

Abstract

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 that have attained some degree of macroeconomic stability to discuss, for example, the appropriate target range for inflation in shock-prone LICs; whether countries should use fiscal space to cut excessive tax burdens, reduce high debt levels, or raise public spending; and how the effectiveness of public expenditures can be improved.

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  • Mr. Jan Kees Martijn & Gabriel Di Bella & Mr. Shamsuddin Tareq & Mr. Benedict J. Clements & Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, 2006. "Designing Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Low-Income Countries," IMF Occasional Papers 2006/005, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfops:2006/005
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    1. Ortiz, Isabel, & Cummins, Matthew. & Karunanethy, Kalaivani., 2015. "Fiscal space for social protection and the SDGs options to expand social investments in 187 countries," ILO Working Papers 994877663402676, International Labour Organization.
    2. Ossowski, Rolando & Gonzáles-Castillo, Alberto, 2012. "Manna from Heaven: The Impact of Nonrenewable Resource Revenues on Other Revenues of Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 4045, Inter-American Development Bank.
    3. Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar & Anis Chowdhury, 2014. "The IMF and the policy of low inflation: A review of Article IV consultations for selected Asian developing countries," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 25(3), pages 435-454, September.
    4. Anis Chowdhury & Jomo Kwame Sundaram, 2023. "Inflation and Development: Central Bank Stabilization Policies Revisited," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 66(1), pages 3-14, June.
    5. Benedict Clements & Sanjeev Gupta & Masahiro Nozaki, 2013. "What happens to social spending in IMF-supported programmes?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(28), pages 4022-4033, October.
    6. Junankar, Pramod N. (Raja), 2019. "Monetary Policy, Growth and Employment in Developing Areas: A Review of the Literature," IZA Discussion Papers 12197, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    7. Mr. Thomas William Dorsey & Ms. Zuzana Brixiova & Sukhwinder Singh & Mr. Helaway Tadesse, 2008. "The Landscape of Capital Flows to Low-Income Countries," IMF Working Papers 2008/051, International Monetary Fund.

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