01786cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017304 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475562774 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Union of Comoros : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (29 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 This Selected Issues paper assesses the main fiscal trends of the Comorian economy over 2005-15. It highlights continued difficulties in the fiscal performance of and the outlook for Comoros as a result of systemic challenges in revenue administration and public financial management. In particular, there is a structural imbalance between domestic resource mobilization and current spending, especially on public wages and salaries, leaving little scope for domestically financed capital spending, which is essential for economic growth and social development. This fiscal imbalance is more pronounced than in similar sub-Saharan African countries, even after taking into account sizable one-off budget grants that benefited the Comorian economy. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2016/394 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2016/394/002.2016.issue-394-en.xml IMF e-Library