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020 |a 9781484327944 
245 0 0 |a Panama  |b 2012 Article IV Consultation 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 2013 
300 |a 64 pages 
651 4 |a Panama 
653 |a National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures 
653 |a Revenue administration 
653 |a Public debt 
653 |a Public investment spending 
653 |a Finance 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Industries: Financial Services 
653 |a Debt Management 
653 |a Debts, Public 
653 |a Computer Programs: Other 
653 |a Debt 
653 |a Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology 
653 |a Exports and Imports 
653 |a Other Public Investment and Capital Stock 
653 |a International economics 
653 |a International Lending and Debt Problems 
653 |a Debts, External 
653 |a External debt 
653 |a Expenditure 
653 |a Sovereign Debt 
653 |a Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General 
653 |a Public-private sector cooperation 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Public investments 
653 |a Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) 
653 |a Econometrics & economic statistics 
653 |a Statistics 
653 |a Public Finance 
653 |a Revenue 
710 2 |a International Monetary Fund  |b Western Hemisphere Dept 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a IMF Staff Country Reports 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781484327944.002 
856 4 0 |u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2013/088/002.2013.issue-088-en.xml?cid=40442-com-dsp-marc  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a Panama’s per capita GDP has doubled, driven by a steady rise in public and private investment underpinned by a stable macroeconomic environment and prudent policies. Easy credit and fiscal conditions should continue to support public and private consumption. Further fiscal restraint through better tax administration and expenditure management and enhanced buffers would help cope with adverse spillovers. There is progress in implementing financial sector assessment program (FSAP) recommendations, though there is a need to upgrade financial sector supervision. Improvements in competitiveness and recent education reforms should help sustain growth over the medium term