Kingdom of Swaziland: Selected Issues

December 23, 2015

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Kingdom of Swaziland: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper assesses Swaziland’s export diversification and quality. Swaziland’s export structure has experienced sizable changes over the past 15 years. The share of textile exports has halved, and the expiration of trade benefits under Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) implies that the share of textile exports would decline further. Swaziland’s exports are relatively diversified with good quality index compared with its peers. However, diversification and product quality have declined in recent years, while the expiration of the access to AGOA calls for enhanced efforts in this area. Improving education and training, strengthening institutional framework, and further developing the financial market will help improve export diversification and quality upgrading.

Subject: Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Commercial banks, Credit, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Money, National accounts, Nonperforming loans, Return on investment

Keywords: Capital adequacy requirements, Commercial banks, CR, Credit, Export, Export destination, Export product, Export quality, ISCR, Nonperforming loans, Product, Quality index, Return on investment, SACU revenue shock, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Textile export

Publication Details

Pages:

24
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2015/354
Stock No:

1SWZEA2015002
ISBN:

9781513518879
ISSN:

1934-7685

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