## The Revised EBA-Lite Methodology

_Policy Papers, July 3, 2019_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 3, 2019
- Series: Policy Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498324373.007

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### Key findings from the Methodology review
- The review identified three broad areas for improving the EBA-Lite methodology:
  - (1) expanding the fundamentals and policy determinants in the CA and REER regressions to better capture the external balance of EBA-Lite countries;
  - (2) identifying alternatives to regression models for external assessments of large exporters of exhaustible commodities; and
  - (3) a revised approach for the assessment of external sustainability in highly indebted economies.

### Revised methodology structure
- The revised methodology consists of three modules:
  - 1) Regression Module
  - 2) Module for External Assessments of Exporters of Exhaustible Commodities
  - 3) Module for the Assessment of External Sustainability

### Subjects and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects:
  - Balance of payments
  - Current account
  - Environment
  - Expenditure
  - External balance assessment lite (EBA-Lite)
  - External position
  - Health care spending
  - Natural disasters
- Keywords:
  - CA balance
  - CA model
  - Current account
  - current account model
  - current-account norm
  - exchange rate
  - External balance assessment lite (EBA-Lite)
  - fiscal policy
  - fiscal policy gap
  - Global
  - Health care spending
  - Natural disasters
  - PP
  - regression model
  - saving-investment balance

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