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  "title": "The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper assesses the implications of a significant increase in the flow of external financing and grants on real GDP growth in Ethiopia. The paper presents an analysis of the sources of growth during 1991/92–2003/04, as well as an assessment of potential GDP growth.",
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      "content": "- Assesses the implications of a significant increase in the flow of external financing and grants on real GDP growth in Ethiopia.\n- Presents an analysis of the sources of growth during 1991/92–2003/04.\n- Provides an assessment of potential GDP growth.\n- Examines the historical relationship between foreign aid and the performance of the external sector to establish whether foreign aid inflows have had an adverse effect on the tradable goods sector."
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      "content": "- External financing and grants: implications for real GDP growth.\n- Sources of growth: decomposition and drivers for 1991/92–2003/04.\n- Potential GDP: assessment and determinants.\n- Foreign aid and external sector performance: historical relationship and impact on the tradable goods sector."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Commercial banks, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Loans, Public financial management (PFM), State-owned banks.\n- Keywords: appreciation, Budget planning and preparation, Central Asia, Commercial banks, CR, Derg regime, Eastern Europe, Europe, Global, goods, government, ISCR, Loans, merchandise export, Middle East, nontradable goods, potential GDP, private sector development, regime, State-owned banks, tradable goods sector, trend capital-output ratio, Western Hemisphere.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr0528\n  - cr0528 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr0528 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/the-federal-democratic-republic-of-ethiopia-selected-issues-and-statistical-appendix-18012"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451812749.002",
    "Assesses the implications of a significant increase in the flow of external financing and grants on real GDP growth in Ethiopia.",
    "Presents an analysis of the sources of growth during 1991/92–2003/04.",
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    "External financing and grants: implications for real GDP growth.",
    "Sources of growth: decomposition and drivers for 1991/92–2003/04.",
    "Potential GDP: assessment and determinants.",
    "Foreign aid and external sector performance: historical relationship and impact on the tradable goods sector.",
    "Subjects: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Commercial banks, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Loans, Public financial management (PFM), State-owned banks.",
    "Keywords: appreciation, Budget planning and preparation, Central Asia, Commercial banks, CR, Derg regime, Eastern Europe, Europe, Global, goods, government, ISCR, Loans, merchandise export, Middle East, nontradable goods, potential GDP, private sector development, regime, State-owned banks, tradable goods sector, trend capital-output ratio, Western Hemisphere.",
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