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  "title": "Republic of Mozambique: Selected Issues",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper on the Republic of Mozambique reports key policy and institutional issues in the macroeconomic management of scaled-up aid and in promoting sustainable private-sector led growth.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- This Selected Issues paper on the Republic of Mozambique reports key policy and institutional issues in the macroeconomic management of scaled-up aid and in promoting sustainable private-sector led growth.\n- A further moderate scaling-up of foreign aid could continue to be fully spent and focus on productive priority sectors.\n- This would help achieve the Millennium Development Goals while at the same time eliciting a supply response to mitigate potential Dutch-disease effects brought on by an appreciating real exchange rate."
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      "heading": "Major themes and analysis",
      "content": "- Macroeconomic management of scaled-up aid:\n  - Emphasis on fully spending a moderate scaling-up of foreign aid.\n  - Focus on directing aid to productive priority sectors to support development goals.\n- Promotion of sustainable private-sector led growth:\n  - Identification of policy and institutional issues that affect private-sector development.\n- External sector and exchange rate considerations:\n  - Recognition of potential Dutch-disease effects associated with an appreciating real exchange rate.\n  - Importance of eliciting a supply response to mitigate such effects."
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      "content": "- Continue a moderate scaling-up of foreign aid with full utilization of resources.\n- Prioritize productive sectors in aid allocation to:\n  - Help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.\n  - Elicit supply responses that mitigate Dutch-disease effects from an appreciating real exchange rate.\n- Address key policy and institutional constraints to promote sustainable private-sector led growth.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Republic of Mozambique: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/258; June 1, 2007\n  - Republic of Mozambique: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/258; June 1, 2007 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Republic of Mozambique: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/258; June 1, 2007 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/republic-of-mozambique-selected-issues-21221"
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    "Published: July 31, 2007",
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    "A further moderate scaling-up of foreign aid could continue to be fully spent and focus on productive priority sectors.",
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    "Promotion of sustainable private-sector led growth:",
    "External sector and exchange rate considerations:",
    "Continue a moderate scaling-up of foreign aid with full utilization of resources.",
    "Prioritize productive sectors in aid allocation to:",
    "Address key policy and institutional constraints to promote sustainable private-sector led growth.",
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