The Macroeconomics of the Public Sector Deficit


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Politica macroeconomica y analisis de las cuentas del sector publico entre 1970-87, balance con relacion a las exportaciones de cafe, deficit fiscal, inflacion y tasas de interes.







The Macroeconomics of the Public Sector Deficit


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Thailand's pattern of public expenditure finance - relying more on tax revenues and commercial and private borrowing, and less on central bank loans and money financing - has contributed to Thailand's macroeconomic stability. This year, the government proposes a balanced budget, after three years of fiscal surplus.




The Macroeconomics of the Public Sector Deficit


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Growth has remained relatively high in Morocco, and inflation subdued. Morocco has made great progress toward macroeconomic and fiscal stability, but the need remains for an unshaken commitment to fiscal discipline, a determined effort to reform the tax and public spending systems, and a measured attempt to make credit available for investment and to liberalize financial markets.




Boom, Crisis, and Adjustment


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Boom, Crisis, and Adjustment reviews the macroeconomic experiences of eighteen developing countries from 1974 to 1989. The authors address why the experiences and policy reactions have differed among the countries, and how their individual growth rates were affected by these policy reactions.




Inflation and Growth in the Transition from Socialism


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A fragile political-macroeconomic equilibrium is bound to result in high inflation in the transition from socialism. The collapse of growth in Bulgaria is the result of cuts in oil deliveries from the Soviet Unions and Iraq, domestic dislocation in the supply of inputs following the dismantling of central planning, and the contraction of the Soviet market.




Fiscal Policy with Fixed Nominal Exchange Rates


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C^ote d'Ivoire's increase in debt in the 1980s (from 30 percent of GDP to 100 percent) did little for new investment, because the investment-GDP ratio barely compensated for inflation. The country's fiscal stance hurt the real exchange rate and international competitiveness.







Demographic Response to Economic Shock


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Economic downturns not associated with famine appear to have little short- term impact on mortality. Famines, whether associated with major economic downturns or not, appear to have major short- term effects on mortality.