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      "content": "- Subject: Civil service, Expenditure, International organization, Labor, Monetary policy, Pension spending, Pensions, Retirement, Wages\n- Keywords: automatic adjustment mechanism, Caribbean, Civil service, debt buffer, IMF's transparency policy, Pension spending, Pensions, policy option, Retirement, staff team of the International Monetary Fund, Wages"
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    "Published: May 9, 2022",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "Volume: 2022",
    "Issue: 132",
    "Pages: 27",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400209581.002",
    "Stock No: 1BHSEA2022002",
    "ISBN: 9798400209581",
    "ISSN: 1934-7685",
    "Subject: Civil service, Expenditure, International organization, Labor, Monetary policy, Pension spending, Pensions, Retirement, Wages",
    "Keywords: automatic adjustment mechanism, Caribbean, Civil service, debt buffer, IMF's transparency policy, Pension spending, Pensions, policy option, Retirement, staff team of the International Monetary Fund, Wages",
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