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Fasano-Filho, Ugo.

Review of the Experience with Oil Stabilization and Savings Funds in Selected Countries Ugo Fasano-Filho. [electronic resource] / Ugo Fasano-Filho. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. - 1 online resource (20 p.) - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 00/112 . - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 00/112 .

The main purposes of this paper are to review the operational modalities and experience of oil funds currently in place in Norway, Chile (copper), the State of Alaska, Venezuela, Kuwait, and Oman, and to draw some preliminary conclusions on their contribution to enhance fiscal management. The outcome so far of their experience has been mixed, with differences among countries reflecting the variety of objectives attached to the funds, the challenges in adhering to established rules, the institutional set-up. and the soundness of the overall fiscal discipline in each country (or state).

ISBN: 1451853599 : 15.00 USD

ISSN: 1018-5941

Standard No.: 10.5089/9781451853599.001 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Central Government Fiscal
Chile's Copper Fund
Fiscal Indicators
Fiscal Policy
Oil Exporting Countries
Oil Prices

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Chile
Kuwait
Norway
Oman
Venezuela, República Bolivariana de