Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba: Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation
June 15, 2005
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The staff report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation on the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba highlights the economic developments and policies. Meeting the challenges of population aging requires policies that create conditions for faster productivity growth. IMF Staff recommended applying the successful model of public-private sector cooperation developed in the tourism industry to promote diversification in other areas, in particular in financial services. Staff urged the authorities to speed up the restructuring of public companies and reinvigorate their efforts to improve statistics.
Subject: Balance of payments, Current account, Expenditure, External debt, Health care spending, Public debt
Keywords: Caribbean, central bank, CR, Current account, deficit, headline deficit, Health care spending, IMF staff estimate, IMF's view, inflation, inflation outlook, ISCR, monetary policy, oil current account deficit, private sector, U.S. dollar, underlying current account deficit
Pages:
51
Volume:
2005
DOI:
Issue:
204
Series:
Country Report No. 2005/204
Stock No:
1ABWEA2005002
ISBN:
9781451800098
ISSN:
1934-7685
