Republic of Mozambique: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation, Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument, Request for a Three-Year Policy Support Instrument and Cancellation of Current Policy Support Instrument

July 9, 2013

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Republic of Mozambique: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation, Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument, Request for a Three-Year Policy Support Instrument and Cancellation of Current Policy Support Instrument, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed September 20, 2024

Summary

The staff report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation for the Republic of Mozambique focuses on the development agenda and appropriate policy priorities to successfully transition to a resource-rich era. These priorities include skillful medium-term management of the impact of developing coal and gas resources, high public investment spending on growth, external competitiveness, and through increased commercial borrowing, on debt sustainability and investment planning. Mozambique has a high rate of public investment of which more than half is financed domestically. The authorities are working to strengthen their project selection and economic profitability analysis capacity, and to assess the impact of related borrowing on public debt.

Subject: Banking, Credit, Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: Africa, Authority, CR, Debt sustainability analysis, East Africa, Fiscal policy, Fiscal policy stance, Global, Government debt market, IMF's framework, ISCR, Mozambican authorities, Mozambican authority, Natural resource wealth, Priority spending, Southern Africa, Transmission mechanism

Publication Details

Pages:

128
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2013/200
Stock No:

1MOZEA2013002
ISBN:

9781475573855
ISSN:

1934-7685

Notes

Also Available in Portuguese

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