Product Description: The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Policy makers, economists, and public finance professionals working in such countries are frequently confronted with issues that require an in-depth understanding of the sector, its economics, governance, and policy challenges, as well as the implications of natural resource wealth for fiscal and public financial management...read more

Product Description: Oil-producing countries have received a windfall from rapidly rising oil prices. In this "Occasional Paper", IMF experts examine the fiscal response of oil-producing countries to the recent oil boom and the role of special fiscal institutions (SFIs) in fiscal management...read more

Product Description: Countries with large oil resources can benefit substantially from them. However, despite their huge natural resources, many oil producers have had disappointing growth, widespread poverty, and continuing vulnerability to oil and other external shocks...read more

Product Description: A paper reviewing fiscal and macroeconomic issues in the privatisation of non-financial public enterprises in developing and transition economies. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)