Release Date: October, 2006

The dominant role of remittances in Comoros’s economy presents policymakers with important challenges and opportunities. Fiscal decentralization is a pillar of national reconciliation in more...

Release Date: October, 2006

The paper presents statistical data on real sector indicators, real GDP, formal employment, central government operations, revenue and grants, expenditure, budget financing, gross domestic debt, and more...

Release Date: October, 2006

The external imbalances that accompanied Latvia’s integration into the global economy have generated mixed effects. Stabilizing net foreign liabilities will require an improvement in the goods more...

Release Date: October, 2006

The paper analyzes the export performance and external competitiveness in FYR Macedonia. It describes the trends in the account balance, external vulnerabilities, and different approaches to estimate more...

Release Date: July, 2006

Policy implementation has improved since the completion point. Recent economic performance has been encouraging, but sustaining it will require an acceleration of reforms by the government. Rwanda's more...

Release Date: June, 2006

This note analyzes the medium- and long-term prospects of the hydrocarbon sector as a source of growth. Substantial hydrocarbon and financial reserves implies a sizable upward shift in the more...

Release Date: May, 2006

Sudan’s 2006 Article IV Consultation reports that growth has been robust, inflation has been kept at a single-digit level, and important reforms have been undertaken. There has been progress more...

Release Date: May, 2006

This Selected Issues paper on The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia highlights that accelerating private sector development is the key to increasing and sustaining growth, and providing more...

Release Date: March, 2006

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix describes Palau's financial sector, its recent performance, and developments in regulatory reform. The paper considers illustrative scenarios of more...

Author/Editor: Eswar Prasad.

Release Date: June, 2004

China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This more...

Author/Editor: Wanda S Tseng, Markus Rodlauer.

Release Date: February, 2003

China's economic reforms over the past two decades have brought tremendous economic transformation, rapid growth, and closer integration into the global economy. Real income per capita has increased more...