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  "title": "Kingdom of Swaziland: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, March 3, 2008",
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  "summary": "The current high Southern African Customs Unions revenues should be used to implement fiscal measures to secure fiscal sustainability and support economic growth.",
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      "heading": "Fiscal sustainability and use of SACU revenues",
      "content": "- Current high Southern African Customs Unions revenues should be used to implement fiscal measures to secure fiscal sustainability and support economic growth.\n- Subject areas linked: revenue, SACU revenue, financeable expenditure path, expenditure, capital spending."
    },
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      "heading": "Financial sector strategy and challenges",
      "content": "- The government should formulate a financial sector strategy that addresses Swaziland’s twin challenges of enhancing financial development and ensuring financial stability.\n- Subject areas linked: Financial sector, Financial institutions, Commercial banks, central bank, deposit-taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives, banking sector, apex organization."
    },
    {
      "heading": "External sector and export competitiveness",
      "content": "- Compounding the threat to exports of sugar and textiles is the looming issue of remaining competitive in a quickly changing global environment.\n- Subject areas linked: Agricultural commodities, sugar export, apparel export, EU market, market access, Swaziland's export sector, Global."
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      "heading": "Data and statistical coverage",
      "content": "- The statistics on export and import, gross domestic product, assets and liabilities, and other such data have also been provided.\n- Publication details and identifiers:\n  - Pages: 106\n  - Volume: 2008\n  - Issue: 086\n  - Series: Country Report No. 2008/086\n  - Stock No: 1SWZEA2008002\n  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836141.002\n  - ISBN: 9781451836141\n  - ISSN: 1934-7685\n  - Publication date shown: March 3, 2008\n- Subject keywords included: Africa, Agricultural commodities, Apex organization, apparel export, banking sector, central bank, Commercial banks, CR, deposit-taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives, EU market, financeable expenditure path, Financial sector, GDP, Global, income group, ISCR, low income, market access, Personal income, revenue, SACU revenue, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, sugar export, Swaziland, Swaziland's export sector."
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      "heading": "Summary of policy recommendations (as stated)",
      "content": "- Use high SACU revenues to implement fiscal measures to secure fiscal sustainability and support economic growth.\n- Formulate a financial sector strategy to enhance financial development and ensure financial stability.\n- Address competitiveness threats to sugar and textile exports in a rapidly changing global environment.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Kingdom of Swaziland: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2008, 086 (2008), accessed 9/12/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836141.002\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr0886\n  - cr0886 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr0886 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836141.002",
    "Current high Southern African Customs Unions revenues should be used to implement fiscal measures to secure fiscal sustainability and support economic growth.",
    "Subject areas linked: revenue, SACU revenue, financeable expenditure path, expenditure, capital spending.",
    "The government should formulate a financial sector strategy that addresses Swaziland’s twin challenges of enhancing financial development and ensuring financial stability.",
    "Subject areas linked: Financial sector, Financial institutions, Commercial banks, central bank, deposit-taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives, banking sector, apex organization.",
    "Compounding the threat to exports of sugar and textiles is the looming issue of remaining competitive in a quickly changing global environment.",
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    "The statistics on export and import, gross domestic product, assets and liabilities, and other such data have also been provided.",
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    "Use high SACU revenues to implement fiscal measures to secure fiscal sustainability and support economic growth.",
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