 | Fiscal Consolidation: Taking Stock of Success Factors, Impact, and Design Author/Editor: Vybhavi Balasundharam, Olivier Basdevant, Dalmacio Benicio, Andrew Ceber, Yujin Kim, Luca Mazzone, Hoda Selim, Yongzheng Yang. Release Date:March, 2023 Surges in public debt in many countries since the COVID-19 pandemic have rekindled interest in fiscal consolidations, which often entail difficult policy choices in the face of economic and political more...
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| Assessing Vulnerabilities to Corruption in Public Procurement and Their Price Impact Author/Editor: Aly Abdou, Olivier Basdevant, Elizabeth David-Barrett, Mihaly Fazekas. Release Date:May, 2022 Public procurement can be highly vulnerable to corruption. This paper outlines a methodology and results in assessing corruption risks in public procurement and their impact on relative prices, using more...
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 | Strengthening the West African Economic and Monetary Union : The Role of Fiscal and Market Institutions in Economic Stabilization Author/Editor: Olivier Basdevant, Patrick A. Imam, Tidiane Kinda, Aleksandra Zdzienicka. Release Date:October, 2015 West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries face a well-known dilemma between the need to provide shock-smoothing mechanisms and the lack of adequate mechanisms to do so. WAEMU more...
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.jpg) | The Mystery of Missing Real Spillovers in Southern Africa : Some Facts and Possible Explanations Author/Editor: Olivier Basdevant, Andrew W Jonelis, Borislava Mircheva, Slavi T. Slavov. Release Date:June, 2014 Anecdotal evidence suggests that the economies of South Africa and its neighbors (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe) are tightly integrated with each other. There are more...
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 | Building a Common Future in Southern Africa Release Date:April, 2013 The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the oldest customs union in the world, with significant opportunities ahead for creating higher economic growth and increased welfare benefits to the more...
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 | Restoring Sustainability in a Changing Global Environment Author/Editor: Olivier Basdevant, Borislava Mircheva. Release Date:February, 2013 The Kingdom of Swaziland (hereinafter Swaziland) is a small, open economy bordering Mozambique and South Africa with a population of 1.1 million people. It is a landlocked country with an economy more...
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 | Inequalities and Growth in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Region Author/Editor: Olivier Basdevant, Dalmacio Benicio, Yorbol Yakhshilikov. Release Date:December, 2012 This paper applies the work of Berg and Ostry (2011) to the SACU region, to identify how inequalities have played a role in growth in each of these countries, and elaborates policy options to more...
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| Fiscal Policies and Rules in the Face of Revenue Volatility Within Southern Africa Customs Union Countries (SACU) Author/Editor: Olivier Basdevant. Release Date:April, 2012 Following the onset of the global economic crisis in 2008, SACU member countries have witnessed a significant growth slowdown, and a deterioration of their fiscal balances. This paper (i) assesses more...
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| Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities Stemming from the Global Economic Crisis: The Case of Swaziland Author/Editor: Olivier Basdevant, Chikako Baba, Borislava Mircheva. Release Date:December, 2011 Swaziland has faced a significant fiscal crisis since 2010, in the wake of loss of transfers from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The fiscal crisis has led to increasing vulnerabilities, more...
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| The Design of Fiscal Adjustment Strategies in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland Author/Editor: Luis-Felipe Zanna, Olivier Basdevant, Susan Yang, Genevieve Verdier, Joannes Mongardini, Borislava Mircheva, Dalmacio Benicio. Release Date:November, 2011 Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland face the serious challenge of adjusting not only to lower Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) transfers because of the global economic crisis, but also to a more...
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