Panama: Selected Issues

May 4, 2017

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Panama: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2017) accessed July 8, 2025

Summary

This Selected Issues paper assesses Panama’s business model founded on its ability to attract international financial, business, and transportation services. Panama has had exceptional growth over recent decades. A growth diagnostic exercise suggests that Panama is well placed to maintain this business model. Higher-quality education, stronger governance, and less bureaucracy will further strengthen Panama’s comparative advantage. Additional analysis suggests that investment will continue to support growth, while the logistics and tourism sectors promise to build further on Panama’s comparative advantage.

Subject: Banking, Economic sectors, Financial sector policy and analysis, Macroprudential policy, Macroprudential policy instruments, Systemic risk, Systemic risk assessment, Tourism

Keywords: Asset, Bank, Business cycle, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, CR, Energy infrastructure, Export, Foreign direct investment, GDP growth, Global, Growth fluctuation, Growth model, ISCR, Macroprudential policy, Macroprudential policy instruments, South America, Systemic risk, Systemic risk assessment, Tocumen airport, Tourism, Tourism sector, Trade linkage

Publication Details

Pages:

69
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2017/106
Stock No:

1PANEA2017002
ISBN:

9781475597721
ISSN:

1934-7685

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