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Namibia Selected Issues Paper

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest customs union in the world, comprises Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (known as the BLNS countries), and South Africa. This Selected Issues paper analyzes how policy has responded to the positive SACU revenue shock. It discusses the backgro...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2009
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Fiscal Stance
Revenue Administration
Public Debt
Public Finance & Taxation
Debt Management
Debts, Public
Fiscal Policy
Debt
National Government Expenditures And Related Policies: General
Expenditure
Sovereign Debt
Taxation, Subsidies, And Revenue: General
Expenditures, Public
Macroeconomics
Public Finance
Revenue
Botswana
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest customs union in the world, comprises Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (known as the BLNS countries), and South Africa. This Selected Issues paper analyzes how policy has responded to the positive SACU revenue shock. It discusses the background and structure of SACU, and examines the fiscal responses of the BLNS countries to the SACU revenue surge. The paper also discusses useful international experience and a framework for fiscal response in these countries
Physical Description:23 pages
ISBN:9781451828481

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