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  "title": "Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands Antilles: Recent Developments, Selected Issues, and Statistical Appendix",
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      "content": "- Publication date: May 18, 2001\n- Format: IMF Staff Country Report\n- Pages: 66\n- Series: Country Report No. 2001/073\n- Volume: 2001\n- Issue: 073\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451801019.002\n- Stock No: 1ANTEA0022001\n- ISBN: 9781451801019\n- ISSN: 1934-7685"
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      "content": "- The paper provides a brief review of economic developments and policies in the Netherlands Antilles.\n- The government’s current adjustment initiative provides a much needed opportunity for restoring growth prospects for the Netherlands Antilles.\n- The paper examines issues pertaining to the development and prospects of the Antillean offshore sector.\n- The offshore sector experienced initial spectacular growth, later encountered a number of obstacles, but has continued to register positive, albeit more moderate, growth."
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