## IMF Staff Papers, Volume 53, No. 3

_IMF Staff Papers, December 15, 2006_

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**Canonical URL:** [IMF Staff Papers, Volume 53, No. 3](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-staff-papers/issues/2016/12/31/imf-staff-papers-volume-53-no-19420)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 15, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Papers
- Volume: 53
- Pages: 183
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065819.024

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### Overview / Contents
- Final issue for 2006 (Volume 53), dated December 15, 2006.
- Contains a paper in the occasional Special Data Section that seeks to measure financial development in the Middle East and North Africa by utilizing a new database.
- Contains a comment from Jacques J. Polak on parity reversion in real exchange rates.

### Summary findings and emphasis (as described in the issue)
- Measurement of financial development in the Middle East and North Africa using a new database (Special Data Section).
- Commentary on parity reversion in real exchange rates by Jacques J. Polak.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Commercial banks, Consumption, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial sector development, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stabilization, Fiscal stance, Foreign aid, National accounts
- Keywords: Africa, Commercial banks, Consumption, demand and supply factor, East Africa, equilibrium rate, Financial sector development, Fiscal stabilization, Fiscal stance, Global, government, IMF country economists' desk, Middle East, North Africa, position of the IMF, PPP reversal, SP, Subnational government borrowing, trading friction

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-staff-papers/issues/2016/12/31/imf-staff-papers-volume-53-no-19420_