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  "title": "Exchange Rate Assessment for Sub-Saharan Economies",
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  "summary": "This paper provides an exchange rate assessment for sub-Saharan African economies by using methodologies similar to those developed by the International Monetary Fund’s Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues.",
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      "heading": "Summary and scope",
      "content": "- Author: Burcu Aydin\n- Publication date: July 1, 2010\n- Publication type: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper No. 2010/162; Issue: 162; Volume: 2010; Pages: 32\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455201457.001\n- Stock No: WPIEA2010162\n- ISBN: 9781455201457\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n- Dataset coverage: unbalanced panel dataset covers 182 countries from 1973 to 2014\n- Primary subjects: Current account; Current account balance; Exchange rates; Income; Real exchange rates\n- Keywords: estimate; estimation result; exchange rate; WP"
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      "heading": "Methodologies applied",
      "content": "- Macroeconomic balance\n- Equilibrium real exchange rate\n- External sustainability\n- Purchasing power parity\n- Methodological approach: methodologies similar to those developed by the International Monetary Fund’s Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues; as in the World Economic Outlook (IMF, 2009a)"
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      "content": "- The impact of macroeconomic fundamentals on the equilibrium real exchange rate is different for sub-Saharan African economies than for advanced and less advanced economies."
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      "content": "- Format availability: PDF and more formats on IMF eLibrary\n- Preview citation provided in Chicago format: Burcu Aydin. \"Exchange Rate Assessment for Sub-Saharan Economies\", IMF Working Papers 2010, 162 (2010), accessed 9/17/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455201457.001\n\nSource: IMF Working Paper \"Exchange Rate Assessment for Sub-Saharan Economies\" by Burcu Aydin (July 1, 2010).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp10162\n  - wp10162 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp10162 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/exchange-rate-assessment-for-sub-saharan-economies-24041"
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    "Published: July 1, 2010",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455201457.001",
    "Author: Burcu Aydin",
    "Publication date: July 1, 2010",
    "Publication type: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper No. 2010/162; Issue: 162; Volume: 2010; Pages: 32",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455201457.001",
    "Stock No: WPIEA2010162",
    "ISBN: 9781455201457",
    "ISSN: 1018-5941",
    "Dataset coverage: unbalanced panel dataset covers 182 countries from 1973 to 2014",
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    "The impact of macroeconomic fundamentals on the equilibrium real exchange rate is different for sub-Saharan African economies than for advanced and less advanced economies.",
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