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  "title": "Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries",
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  "summary": "<p>This paper is the fourth in a series that examines macroeconomic developments and prospects in Low Income Developing Countries (LIDCs).",
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      "content": "- This paper is the fourth in a series examining macroeconomic developments and prospects in Low Income Developing Countries (LIDCs).\n- Definition of LIDCs in the paper:\n  - Fund member countries where gross national income (GNI) per capita lies below a threshold level and where external financial linkages and socioeconomic indicators have not lifted them into emerging market status.\n  - There are 59 countries in the LIDC grouping, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s population and 4 percent of global output.\n- Publication metadata:\n  - Publication date: March 22, 2018.\n  - The analysis is grounded in, and draws on, the analysis and databases used to compile the World Economic Outlook (WEO)."
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      "heading": "Key analytical focus",
      "content": "- Comparative timeframe:\n  - Contrasts key features of the current situation with the period prior to the 2014 decline in commodity prices.\n- Primary topics examined:\n  - Macroeconomic trends across LIDCs in recent years.\n  - Evolution of fiscal positions and public debt levels.\n  - Detailed analysis of the drivers of debt accumulation.\n  - Assessment of the current severity of debt vulnerabilities.\n- Data and methodology:\n  - The report drills down into the WEO database to examine the experience of LIDCs."
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      "content": "- Subject: Low Income Developing Countries, Low-income developing countries\n- Keywords: Low-Income Developing Countries\n\nMacroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries, March 22, 2018\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Policy Paper\n  - Policy Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Policy Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2018/03/22/pp021518macroeconomic-developments-and-prospects-in-lidcs"
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    "Subject: Low Income Developing Countries, Low-income developing countries",
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