Namibia: Selected Issues Paper

April 27, 2009

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Namibia: Selected Issues Paper, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 24, 2024

Summary

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest customs union in the world, comprises Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (known as the BLNS countries), and South Africa. This Selected Issues paper analyzes how policy has responded to the positive SACU revenue shock. It discusses the background and structure of SACU, and examines the fiscal responses of the BLNS countries to the SACU revenue surge. The paper also discusses useful international experience and a framework for fiscal response in these countries.

Subject: Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt, Revenue administration

Keywords: Africa, BLNS country, CR, Fiscal stance, ISCR, Revenue, SACU, SACU balance, SACU country, SACU receipt, SACU revenue, Southern Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

23
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2009/132
Stock No:

1NAMEA2009001
ISBN:

9781451828481
ISSN:

1934-7685

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