01906cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005985 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451873214 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Zhan, Zaijin. Fiscal Vulnerability and Sustainability in Oil-Producing Sub-Saharan African Countries / Zaijin Zhan, Robert York. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (40 pages) IMF Working Papers <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 Over many years rises and fall of world oil prices have been repeatedly reflected in the boom-bust cycles in oil-exporting countries the world over. The recent spectacular rise and equally spectacular fall in prices provides an opportunity to inquire whether anything is different this time. In this paper we limit the analysis to the experience, outlook, and longterm fiscal policy considerations for eight of the world's oil-producing countries in sub- Saharan Africa. Because we are interested in gauging their fiscal vulnerability and sustainability from the angle of managing exhaustible oil wealth, we focus on the non-oil primary balance as the relevant indicator of how initial conditions and resource endowments can influence long-term considerations in several different models of fiscal rules. Mode of access: Internet York, Robert. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/174 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2009/174/001.2009.issue-174-en.xml IMF e-Library