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  "title": "Union of Comoros: Request for a Staff-Monitored Program-Press Release; and Staff Report",
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  "summary": "Comoros is a small, fragile island state (population: 850,000) with persistently low and shock-prone growth. The last Article IV Consultation (completed in early 2020) assessed Comoros’ fragility as arising from two vicious circles: economic fragility manifests in low fiscal revenue, insufficient go",
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      "content": "- Comoros is a small, fragile island state (population: 850,000) with persistently low and shock-prone growth.\n- The last Article IV Consultation (completed in early 2020) assessed Comoros’ fragility as arising from two vicious circles:\n  - economic fragility manifests in low fiscal revenue, insufficient government investment in human and physical capital, and pronounced vulnerability to shocks; and\n  - institutional fragility manifests in governance challenges, low government implementation capacity, and a weak judicial system.\n- The circles feed into each other, undermining economic performance and stability.\n- Overcoming fragility requires breaking both circles."
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      "content": "- Fragility diagnosis:\n  - Two interacting vicious circles: economic fragility and institutional fragility (text reproduced exactly).\n- Economic characteristics:\n  - Persistently low growth and high shock vulnerability.\n- Institutional challenges:\n  - Governance challenges, low government implementation capacity, and a weak judicial system (text reproduced exactly)."
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    "Published: October 29, 2021",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513598086.002",
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