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The National Directorate of Macro-economy, NDME for short, is responsible for:

• Analyzing and recommending policies for the promotion of economic growth and the reduction of poverty;
• Issuing opinions and studies in relation to public and private sectors, structural reforms, salaries, financial markets, monopolies, investment and capital formation;
• Drafting estimates concerning growth, employment and inflation;
• Any others attributed to it by law.
  
  In terms of sector policies and programs:
  
• Collaborating in the definition of structural development policies and the respective impacts on public and private expenditure with infrastructures, namely in what concerns public investment;
• Estimating budget revenues, including those from the petroleum sector, domestic tax revenues and extra-tax revenues, as well as drafting relevant texts for the State General Budget;
• Issuing opinions on fiscal policy;
• Preparing studies and issuing opinions on tax structure and the valid rate levels;
• Issuing opinions on matters related with expenditure, savings, investment and their respective implications with the use of the Petroleum Fund;
• Analyzing medium term aggregate expenditure levels, including the balance between the State Budget and donor funds and within capital expenditure;
  
  In the sectors of trade and financial policies, the NDME is also responsible for:
  
• Assessing international and regional statistical data in the fields of trade and investment with relevance for Timor-Leste;
• Providing advice in the relationships and projects with international organizations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and Development Partners, in the fields of economic and budget policies;
• Preparing relevant economic and financial notices, namely in the fields of development, external funding and investment, so that they may be distributed by Government members, embassies and Development Partners;
  

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