Anjum Ibrahim

IMF programme design and public
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IMF programme design and public

The uploading of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff report on its website this week past highlights two major thrusts of the thirty nine-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) that are not in conformity with past programmes and whose impact is being
Published 15 Jul, 2019 12:00am
Budget shortcomings and the IMF
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Budget shortcomings and the IMF

The same day as the board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the staff-level agreement, 3 July 2019, a summary of the objectives of the programme and recent economic development and outlook, attributed to David Lipton, IMF's Fi
Published 08 Jul, 2019 12:00am
The tax man cometh
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The tax man cometh

The government will begin tabulating two critical sources of revenue on the first day of fiscal year 2019-20 (today) - figures that may compel it to readjust its budget deficit targets for the outgoing year and adjust some projections for the current year
Published 01 Jul, 2019 12:00am
Partly Facetious : The offending words
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Partly Facetious : The offending words

"Having older brothers and sisters I learnt that if I showed any emotion to what they hurled at me, and I mean words not sticks and stones, the likelihood they would stop using the offending adjective was not zero but in the negative realm."
Published 26 Jun, 2019 12:00am