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  "title": "Uganda: Second Review Under the Policy Support Instrument and Request for Modification of Assessment Criteria-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uganda",
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  "summary": "Uganda’s medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) aims at higher public savings based on spending restraint and rising domestic revenue.",
  "publishDate": "2008-01-04",
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      "heading": "Macro-fiscal framework and public finances",
      "content": "- Uganda’s medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) aims at higher public savings based on spending restraint and rising domestic revenue.\n- Publication details:\n  - Pages: 74\n  - Volume: 2008\n  - Issue: 004\n  - Series: Country Report No. 2008/004\n  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451838848.002\n  - Stock No: 1UGAEA2008001\n  - ISBN: 9781451838848\n  - ISSN: 1934-7685"
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      "heading": "Monetary policy and price stability",
      "content": "- The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has successfully contained the one-time shocks to prices of increases in electricity tariffs and temporary sugar and diesel fuel shortages.\n- In an environment of strong inflows, price stability remains the primary objective of monetary policy."
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      "heading": "Financial sector constraints and external flows",
      "content": "- A shallow financial sector limits Uganda’s ability to absorb foreign exchange inflows and is in itself a formidable obstacle to faster economic growth.\n- Subject areas highlighted: Debt sustainability, External debt, Foreign exchange, Monetary base, Money, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt."
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      "content": "- Keywords and thematic focus: Africa, CR, debt, debt management strategy, Debt sustainability, Global, IMF's framework, infrastructure bottleneck, ISCR, Monetary base, NPV, private sector, program objective, PSI-supported program, real GDP, Uganda, unwavering commitment.\n- The document encompasses a staff report, staff supplement, press release on the Executive Board discussion, and a statement by the Executive Director for Uganda."
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    "Subject areas highlighted: Debt sustainability, External debt, Foreign exchange, Monetary base, Money, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt.",
    "Keywords and thematic focus: Africa, CR, debt, debt management strategy, Debt sustainability, Global, IMF's framework, infrastructure bottleneck, ISCR, Monetary base, NPV, private sector, program objective, PSI-supported program, real GDP, Uganda, unwavering commitment.",
    "The document encompasses a staff report, staff supplement, press release on the Executive Board discussion, and a statement by the Executive Director for Uganda.",
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