Kuwait : From Reconstruction to Accumulation for Future Generations /

Kuwait has made an impressive recovery from the damage and disruptions caused by the Iraqi invasion in 1990, as evidenced by the restoration of basic economic and social services, the recovery of the oil sector, the rehabilitation of infrastructure, and the steady reduction in the fiscal and balance...

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Main Author:	Wilson, John F
Other Authors:	Chalk, Nigel Andrew, El-Erian, Mohamed A., 1958-, Fennell, Susan, Kireyev, Alexei
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997
Series:	IMF eLibrary Occasional Papers ; Occasional Paper No. 150
Subjects:	Aggregate demand Aggregate expenditure Balance of payments Bank loans Benefits Bond redemption Bond Bonds Budget deficit Budget deficits Budget preparation process Budget revenues Budgetary expenditures Budgetary process Capital accumulation Capital expenditure Cash flow Central bank Central banks Commercial loans Commercial paper Composition of expenditure Consumption behavior Consumption expenditure Credit bureaus Credit ceilings Credit concentration Creditor Creditors Crude oil production Crude oil Currency board Current account surplus Debt collection Debt forgiveness Debt instruments Debt outstanding Debt overhang Debt problems Debt reduction Debt relief Debt repayment Debt securities Debt service Debt settlement Debt swaps Debt workout Debt Debtor reporting system Debtor reporting Debtors Debts Deficit reduction Deficits Derivative Discount rate Disposable income Domestic currency Domestic debt Domestic financial market Drilling rigs Employment benefits Equity markets Expenditure components Expenditure on goods Expenditure patterns Expenditure policies Expenditure reduction Expenditure restraint Expenditure Expenditures Exporting countries External debt External trade Financial assets Financial institutions Financial intermediation Financial market Financial sector Financial system Fiscal balance Fiscal deficits Fiscal developments Fiscal effort Fiscal expenditure Fiscal imbalance Fiscal performance Fiscal policies Fiscal policy Fiscal position Fiscal reform Fiscal retrenchment Fiscal revenue Fiscal structure Fiscal surpluses Fiscal years Flat tax rate Flat tax Foreign borrowing Foreign trade General budget Government bonds Government debt Government expenditure Government securities Government spending High spending Installment loans Installments Interest International oil prices Investment incentives Liabilities Liquidity management Liquidity ratio Loans Marginal propensity to consume Market discount Million barrels Monetary conditions Monetary control Monetary growth Monetary objectives Monetary policy instruments Monetary policy Money demand Money laundering Money market Money stock Money supply Moral hazard Mortgage loans National bank Obligations Oil exports Oil market Oil markets Oil prices Oil producing countries Oil producing Oil production capacity Oil production Oil reserves Oil sector Oil wells Opec Open economy Open market operations Open trade regime Open trade Organization of petroleum exporting countries Outstanding debt Overdrafts Payments Personal loans Petroleum corporation Petroleum exporting countries Private consumption expenditure Private consumption Private debt Public debt Public expenditure Public finances Public sector wage bill Public sector wage Public spending Regulatory environment Regulatory framework Regulatory regime Repayment Repayments Repudiation Repurchases Reserve ratios Reserve requirements Restructuring Salaries Salary increase Salary increases Salary Skilled workers Solvency Sovereign debt Stock exchange Stock market crisis Stock market trading Stock market Stock markets Stock price Stockholders Tax base Tax revenue Tax revenues Tax system Taxes Terms of trade The marginal propensity to consume Total expenditure Total expenditures Trade regime Treasury bills Underwriting Wage expenditure Wage Wages Kuwait