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  "title": "Guyana: Experience with Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment and Poverty Reduction",
  "publication": "IMF Special Issues, March 19, 2003",
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  "summary": "This book analyzes Guyana’s experience with macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms between 1989 and 2000 and discusses the risks and challenges that the country faces in its quest to achieve sustainable growth and further reduce poverty.",
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      "heading": "Overview and timeframe",
      "content": "- Title: Guyana: Experience with Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment and Poverty Reduction\n- Authors: Ethan Weisman, Ebrima A Faal, Philippe Egoume Bossogo, Raj Nallari\n- Publication date: March 19, 2003\n- Coverage period analyzed: 1989 to 2000\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589061910.058\n- ISBN: 9781589061910\n- Stock No: ISIEA2003001\n- Pages: 0"
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      "heading": "Key findings and outcomes (1989–2000)",
      "content": "- Guyana transitioned from a state-controlled to a market economy.\n- Stability was restored.\n- Growth recovered markedly.\n- Poverty declined as a result of:\n  - strong macroeconomic policies, and\n  - wide-ranging structural reforms."
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      "heading": "Risks, challenges, and prerequisites for sustained progress",
      "content": "- The success of the poverty reduction strategy hinges on:\n  - the implementation of sound macroeconomic policies,\n  - further lowering of the country’s external debt burden,\n  - acceleration of the restructuring of institutions and the economy,\n  - a stable political environment."
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      "heading": "Subject classification",
      "content": "- Economic sectors\n- Financial crises\n\nSource: Guyana: Experience with Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment and Poverty Reduction, Ethan Weisman, Ebrima A Faal, Philippe Egoume Bossogo, Raj Nallari, March 19, 2003; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589061910.058\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-special-issues/issues/2016/12/30/guyana-experience-with-macroeconomic-stabilization-and-structural-adjustment-and-poverty-15983"
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    "Published: March 19, 2003",
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    "Title: Guyana: Experience with Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment and Poverty Reduction",
    "Authors: Ethan Weisman, Ebrima A Faal, Philippe Egoume Bossogo, Raj Nallari",
    "Publication date: March 19, 2003",
    "Coverage period analyzed: 1989 to 2000",
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    "ISBN: 9781589061910",
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