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Nicaragua Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines factors that have determined long-term growth in Nicaragua. Stylized facts suggest that government policies have had a decisive influence on growth. In particular, productivity and capital accumulation suffered during periods of excessive...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2002
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Public Debt
Debt Service
Public Finance & Taxation
Taxes
Debt Management
Debts, Public
Cost
Capital And Total Factor Productivity
Production
Industrial Productivity
Domestic Debt
Debt
Exports And Imports
International Lending And Debt Problems
International Economics
Total Factor Productivity
External Debt
Debts, External
Sovereign Debt
Excise Taxes
Business Taxes And Subsidies
Taxation, Subsidies, And Revenue: General
Macroeconomics
Capacity
Investment & Securities
Taxation
Value-added Tax
Public Finance
Spendings Tax
Production And Operations Management
Nicaragua
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines factors that have determined long-term growth in Nicaragua. Stylized facts suggest that government policies have had a decisive influence on growth. In particular, productivity and capital accumulation suffered during periods of excessive deficit spending and inadequate enforcement of private property rights. A sectoral analysis of growth reveals that liberalization and deregulation in the 1990s led to deep structural changes in the economy. The paper also describes the main characteristics of Nicaragua’s tax system, identifying key weaknesses and their economic costs
Physical Description:102 pages
ISBN:9781451829181

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