Liberia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

May 20, 2005

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Liberia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper examines recent economic developments and medium-term outlook for Liberia. This paper focuses on economic developments during 2003 and 2004 and the medium-term challenges of reconstruction. The paper explores the pros and cons of adopting full (de jure) dollarization in Liberia. It reviews the theoretical arguments for and against adopting dollarization and the associated empirical evidence. The choices of monetary and exchange rate regimes made by other post-conflict countries are presented. The paper also assesses whether Liberia, in its current post-conflict situation, could benefit from dollarization.

Subject: Agroindustries, Currencies, Dollarization, Economic sectors, Exchange rate arrangements, Exports, Foreign exchange, International trade, Monetary policy, Money

Keywords: Africa, Agroindustries, Area tax, Authority, Central America, CR, Currencies, Currency, Currency risk, Dollarization, Dollarization in Liberia, Europe, Exchange rate arrangements, Export tax, Exports, Global, IMF staff estimate, ISCR, Liberia, Local currency, Middle East, Revenue, Tax instrument, West Africa, Western Hemisphere

Publication Details

Pages:

58
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/167
Stock No:

1LBREA2005002
ISBN:

9781451822878
ISSN:

1934-7685

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