Kingdom of Lesotho

Kingdom of Lesotho

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2023-07-20

Total Pages: 43

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Kingdom of Lesotho

Kingdom of Lesotho

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2024-09-11

Total Pages: 88

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Lesotho’s economy has been struggling with subdued growth, high unemployment, and widespread poverty. The government-led growth model has resulted in an economy heavily reliant on public spending, with a small and undiversified private sector. This has led to low private investment, declining competitiveness, and high informality. Additionally, the economy is highly dependent on rain-based agriculture, making it vulnerable to climate-related shocks.


Britannica Book of the Year 2012

Britannica Book of the Year 2012

Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 882

ISBN-13: 1615356185

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The Britannica Book of the Year 2012 provides a valuable viewpoint of the people and events that shaped the year and serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world. It is an accurate and comprehensive reference that you will reach for again and again.


Evaluating Fiscal Rules for Lesotho

Evaluating Fiscal Rules for Lesotho

Author: Mr. Yibin Mu

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2022-12-06

Total Pages: 23

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A key challenge for Lesotho is the downward rigidity in public expenditure—which increases when SACU transfers are buoyant but fails to be pared back when they fall. Fiscal rules would be of value in Lesotho to help provide constraints on spending and resist political pressure to overspend, while embedding fiscal responsibility within the country’s macro-fiscal framework and ensuring debt sustainability. This paper evaluates options for fiscal rules for Lesotho, discusses the institutional framework required to help underpin a sound fiscal-rule framework, posits a possible fiscal-rule framework for Lesotho, and offers a roadmap to introduce the framework.


Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust—Fourth Tranche of Debt Service Relief in The Context of The Covid-19 Pandemic and Approval of Additional Beneficiary Member Countries

Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust—Fourth Tranche of Debt Service Relief in The Context of The Covid-19 Pandemic and Approval of Additional Beneficiary Member Countries

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-10-08

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1513594818

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The paper provides brief updates for each CCRT-eligible country on its policy responses to the pandemic and on staff’s assessments of these policies, the use of resources freed up by debt service relief, and the implementation of governance safeguards commitments. The paper also provides an update on the financial situation of the CCRT. The generous support from 17 donor countries and the EU has mobilized SDR 609 million in new pledges since the onset of the pandemic.


Exchange Rate Assessment for Sub-Saharan Economies

Exchange Rate Assessment for Sub-Saharan Economies

Author: Burcu Aydin

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1455201456

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This paper provides an exchange rate assessment for sub-Saharan African economies by using methodologies similar to those developed by the International Monetary Fund’s Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues. As in the World Economic Outlook (IMF, 2009a), the unbalanced panel dataset covers 182 countries from 1973 to 2014. We apply four methodologies to assess the fundamental exchange rate: macroeconomic balance, equilibrium real exchange rate, external sustainability, and purchasing power parity. Results show that the impact of macroeconomic fundamentals on the equilibrium real exchange rate is different for sub-Saharan African economies than for advanced and less advanced economies.


Confronting Inequality

Confronting Inequality

Author: Jonathan D. Ostry

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0231527616

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Inequality has drastically increased in many countries around the globe over the past three decades. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else is often portrayed as an unexpected outcome or as the tradeoff we must accept to achieve economic growth. In this book, three International Monetary Fund economists show that this increase in inequality has in fact been a political choice—and explain what policies we should choose instead to achieve a more inclusive economy. Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Andrew Berg demonstrate that the extent of inequality depends on the policies governments choose—such as whether to let capital move unhindered across national boundaries, how much austerity to impose, and how much to deregulate markets. While these policies do often confer growth benefits, they have also been responsible for much of the increase in inequality. The book also shows that inequality leads to weaker economic performance and proposes alternative policies capable of delivering more inclusive growth. In addition to improving access to health care and quality education, they call for redistribution from the rich to the poor and present evidence showing that redistribution does not hurt growth. Accessible to scholars across disciplines as well as to students and policy makers, Confronting Inequality is a rigorous and empirically rich book that is crucial for a time when many fear a new Gilded Age.


Addressing Fiscal Pressures

Addressing Fiscal Pressures

Author: Mr. Yibin Mu

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2022-12-06

Total Pages: 16

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Lesotho’s fiscal situation is challenging. This paper assesses the pressure points of main components of revenues, current spending, and capital spending, and then proposes a growth-friendly consolidation plan while protecting the vulnerable.


Kingdom of Eswatini

Kingdom of Eswatini

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2024-09-30

Total Pages: 26

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Britannica Book of the Year 2010

Britannica Book of the Year 2010

Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 882

ISBN-13: 1615353666

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The Britannica Book of the Year 2010 provides a valuable veiwpoint of the people and events that shaped the year and serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world. It is an accurate and comprehensive reference that you will reach for again and again.