01543cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005767 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451828481 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Namibia : Selected Issues Paper. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (23 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest customs union in the world, comprises Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (known as the BLNS countries), and South Africa. This Selected Issues paper analyzes how policy has responded to the positive SACU revenue shock. It discusses the background and structure of SACU, and examines the fiscal responses of the BLNS countries to the SACU revenue surge. The paper also discusses useful international experience and a framework for fiscal response in these countries. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/132 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2009/132/002.2009.issue-132-en.xml IMF e-Library