## Fiscal Frameworks for Resource Rich Developing Countries

_Staff Discussion Notes, May 16, 2012_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro, Mauricio Villafuerte, Thomas Baunsgaard, Christine J. Richmond
- Published: May 16, 2012
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475510065.006

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### Overview
- Title: Fiscal Frameworks for Resource Rich Developing Countries
- Authors: Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro, Mauricio Villafuerte, Thomas Baunsgaard, Christine J. Richmond
- Publication date: May 16, 2012
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 2012/004
- Issue: 004
- Volume: 2012
- Pages: 29
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475510065.006
- Stock No: SDNEA2012004
- ISBN: 9781475510065
- ISSN: 2617-6750
- Format availability noted: PDF and multiple formats on IMF eLibrary

### Purpose and audience
- Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate.
- Papers in this series are generally brief, written in nontechnical language, and aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues.
- The Web-only Staff Discussion Notes series replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.

### Subject areas and key topics
- Subject: Expenditure, Fiscal governance, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Fiscal sustainability
- Keywords: balance; fiscal framework; Fiscal governance; fiscal policy framework; fiscal rules; Fiscal stance; Fiscal sustainability; Global; growth cap; growth-enhancing expenditure; macro-fiscal management; Natural resources; natural-resources asset; permanent income hypothesis; public financial management; reserves estimate; resource; resource revenue; resource wealth; revenue; revenue dependency; revenue volatility; SDN

### Content and positioning
- The document is presented as a Staff Discussion Note (SDN 2012/004) intended to inform debate on fiscal frameworks for resource-rich developing countries.
- Emphasis on policy-related analysis appropriate for policymakers and a broad economic policy audience.
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