## Kingdom of Swaziland: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

_IMF Staff Country Reports, March 3, 2008_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 3, 2008
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836141.002

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### Fiscal sustainability and use of SACU revenues
- 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.

### Financial sector strategy and challenges
- 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.

### External sector and export competitiveness
- Compounding the threat to exports of sugar and textiles is the looming issue of remaining competitive in a quickly changing global environment.
- Subject areas linked: Agricultural commodities, sugar export, apparel export, EU market, market access, Swaziland's export sector, Global.

### Data and statistical coverage
- The statistics on export and import, gross domestic product, assets and liabilities, and other such data have also been provided.
- Publication details and identifiers:
  - Pages: 106
  - Volume: 2008
  - Issue: 086
  - Series: Country Report No. 2008/086
  - Stock No: 1SWZEA2008002
  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836141.002
  - ISBN: 9781451836141
  - ISSN: 1934-7685
  - Publication date shown: March 3, 2008
- 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.

### Summary of policy recommendations (as stated)
- Use high SACU revenues to implement fiscal measures to secure fiscal sustainability and support economic growth.
- Formulate a financial sector strategy to enhance financial development and ensure financial stability.
- Address competitiveness threats to sugar and textile exports in a rapidly changing global environment.

*International 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*

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