Niger
In: IMF Staff Country Reports v.Country Report No. 15/64
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- BOX -- FIGURES -- FIGURES -- APPENDIX -- FIGURES -- TABLE -- FIGURES -- TABLE -- FIGURES -- FIGURES -- TABLE -- FIGURES -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- TABLE -- A. External Sector Development -- 1. Balance of Payment Characteristics 2000, 2005 and 2010-19 -- B. Model-Based Assessment -- 2. Results of the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate Assessment -- Model-Based Real Effective Exchange Rate Assessments -- C. Broader Competitiveness Indicators -- 3. Doing Business Ranking, 2014 -- 4. Now Niger Ranks on Doing Business Topics, 2014 -- 5. The Main Obstacles for Doing Business -- D. Conclusion -- EXTERNAL STABILITY ASSESSMENT -- 1. Baseline vs. Aggressive Public Investment Plans under the Baseline Natural Resource GDP Scenario -- 2. Baseline vs. Aggressive Public Investment Plans under the Adverse Natural Resource GDP Scenario -- Key Model Equations -- REFERENCES -- NATURAL RESOURCE BOOM FOR NIGER: FROM PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH -- A. Recent Fiscal Situation -- 1. Correlation of Resource Revenue, Expenditure, and Output Gap -- 2. Cross-Country Comparison of Pro-Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in WAEMU+Countries (2008-14) -- B. Level and Efficiency of Spending-Cross-Country Comparison -- 3. Composition of Spending in Initial Budget Law -- 4. Selected Social Indicators (Education) -- 5. Growth Impacts of the Level of Expenditure and Educational Attainment -- 1. Decomposition of Output per Worker -- C. Development Needs and Strategy -- 2. Budget Allocation and Execution of Social Spending -- D. Policy Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- FISCAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT: SPENDING PRIORITY IN NIGER -- A. Introduction -- B. Overview of the Energy Sector -- 1. WAEMU: Total Electricity Net Consumption, 2007-11 -- 2. Energy Intensity versus Primary Energy Consumption, 1980-2011