Angola: Recent Economic Developments

IMF Staff Country Reports, December 15, 1997

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Bibliographic details

• Published: December 15, 1997
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800487.002

Summary and scope

• Provides an analysis of important factors that have affected the Angolan economy in recent years.
• Summarizes political developments since 1992.
• Provides an overview of developments in each major sector of the economy.
• Surveys the trade regime and reform priorities affecting it.
• Summarizes available information on poverty.
• Describes issues affecting development of the diamond sector, formerly a mainstay of the Angolan economy.
• Provides a technical analysis of the authorities’ current monetary rule.
• Provides a summary of the tax system.

Major thematic findings and analyses

• Political developments
  • Summarizes political developments since 1992 (no additional details provided on this page).
• Sectoral developments
  • Overview provided for each major sector of the economy (sectors are not itemized on this page).
• Trade and reform priorities
  • Surveys the trade regime and reform priorities affecting it (specific reform priorities are not detailed on this page).
• Poverty
  • Summarizes available information on poverty (no poverty statistics are given on this page).
• Diamond sector
  • Describes issues affecting development of the diamond sector, noted as formerly a mainstay of the Angolan economy.
• Monetary policy
  • Presents a technical analysis of the authorities’ current monetary rule (technical details are contained in the report itself).
• Taxation
  • Summarizes the tax system (no tax-rate specifics are provided on this page).

Subjects and keywords

• Subject: Commodities, Exports, Imports, International trade, Oil, Poverty, Tariffs, Taxes
• Keywords: Africa, banking system, central bank, consumer goods, CR, diamond enterprise, enterprise sector, exchange rate, exchange regime, Exports, fiscal consolidation effort, foreign exchange, government of Angola, government savings, IMF UR, Imports, ISCR, long-term debt, monetary policy in Angola, nominal rate, Oil, petroleum products, poverty line, reform agenda, reform strategy, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tariffs

International Monetary Fund. "Angola: Recent Economic Developments", IMF Staff Country Reports 1997, 112 (1997).

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