Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 7, 2006
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- Published: July 7, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827576.002
Major findings and diagnostics
- Statistical data and issues are discussed in this paper.
- Mauritania reached the completion point under the enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.
- In July 2004, a new economic team took actions to tighten fiscal and monetary policies.
- Executive Directors welcomed the authorities’ willingness to prepare for the transition to a more flexible exchange rate.
Natural resources and revenue management
- The authorities intend to adopt sound principles for oil revenue management and tracking.
- Various frameworks, such as the one proposed in the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, are under consideration.
Policy implications and recommendations
- Tighten fiscal policy and monetary policy (actions initiated by the new economic team in July 2004).
- Prepare institutional arrangements and transparency mechanisms for oil revenue management and tracking, drawing on frameworks like the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative.
- Advance preparations for a transition to a more flexible exchange rate, consistent with Executive Directors’ views.
Thematic coverage (subjects and keywords)
- Subjects: Commodities, Fiscal policy, Oil, Oil prices, Oil, gas and mining taxes, Poverty, Prices, Taxes
- Keywords include: C. poverty perception, CR, expenditure, fish catch, gas and mining taxes, growth record, hydrocarbon sector, I. managing oil wealth, ISCR, Mauritania, Oil, Oil prices, poverty incidence, poverty increase, poverty indicator, poverty perception, poverty-reducing effect, price, squared poverty gap, Statistical Appendix table, Sub-Saharan Africa
International Monetary Fund. "Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix", July 7, 2006.