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Special Series Notes on Covid-19 - Fiscal issues

April 2020
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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This series of notes addresses the recent Covid-19 crisis, and its economic impacts. The IMF resources include:

  • Fiscal policy responses to the sharp decline in oil prices
  • Managing fiscal risks under fiscal stress
  • Preparing Public financial management systems from emergency response challenges
  • Public banks' support to households and firms
  • Public sector support to firms
  • Tax and customs administration responses
  • Tax issues: an overview

These all address the economic effects from Covid-19, and can be used to understand responses to the pandemic across these sectors.

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Sectors: 
Finance
Themes: 
Health, Institutions and Governance, Fiscal Instruments, COVID-19
Key search terms: 
tax, investment, risk, oil, economic impacts

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