Search Results - subject:"Domestic capital"

Exchange Rate Assessment in a Resource-Dependent Economy; The Case of Botswana

Deléchat, Corinne; Gaertner, Matthew - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

The paper combines various methodologies to assessing the level of the exchange rate in Botswana, explicitly taking into account the implications of its dependency on diamond exports. Real exchange rate estimation indicates that, after a period of overvaluation, Botswana's real effective...

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Welfare Gains of Aid Indexation in Small Open Economies

Dhasmana, Anubha - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Foreign aid flows to poor, aid-dependent economies are highly volatile and pro-cyclical. Shortfalls in aid coincide with shortfalls in GDP and government revenues. This increases the consumption volatility in aid dependent countries, thereby causing substantial welfare losses. This paper finds...

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The effects of foreign capital on the economical system

Tiborné, Terhes - In: Manager Journal 7 (2008) 1, pp. 35-38

Foreign capital plays an important role in the importance of the economic growth. It has gained importance in the recent years because of the curios, pattern of global imbalances, whereby capital seems to be flowing Â“"uphillÂ”" from poorer to richer countries. In the next article we...

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The Bahamas; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

Prudent macroeconomic management, strong growth, low inflation, small fiscal deficit, and public debt have helped The Bahamas attain the highest standard of living in the Caribbean. Executive Directors supported the governmentâ€™s goals of balancing the budget and reducing debt. They...

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The nexus among foreign investment, domestic capital and economic growth : empirical evidence from the MENA region

Omri, Anis; kahouli, Bassem - In: Research in economics : an international review of economics 68 (2014) 3, pp. 257-263

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The nexus among foreign investment, domestic capital and economic growth: Empirical evidence from the MENA region

Omri, Anis; kahouli, Bassem - In: Research in Economics 68 (2014) 3, pp. 257-263

direct investment, domestic capital and economic growth in 13 MENA countries by using a ‘growth model’ framework and … domestic capital and economic growth, and there is uni-directional causal relationship from foreign direct investment to … domestic capital for the region as a whole. …

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FDI and Domestic Investment: An Industry-Level View

Arndt, Christian; Buch, Claudia M.; Schnitzer, Monika - 2007

investment. We theoretically show that the effects of FDI on the domestic capital stock depend on the structure of industries and … evidence for a positive long-run impact of FDI on the domestic capital stock and on the stock of inward FDI. Effects of FDI on … the domestic capital stock are driven mainly by intrasector effects. For inward FDI, inter-sector linkages matter as well. …

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FDI and domestic investment : an industry-level view

Arndt, Christian; Buch, Claudia M.; Schnitzer, Monika - 2007

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FDI and Domestic Investment: An Industry-Level View

Arndt, Christian; Buch, Claudia M.; Schnitzer, Monika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

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Finance and Convergence; What's Ahead for Emerging Europe?

Schellekens, Philip; Bems, Rudolfs - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper singles out the key short-term risks and medium-term challenges related to finance and convergence in emerging Europe. With the help of a general equilibrium theoretical framework, the paper identifies pragmatic directions for policymakers. While the "speed limits" to capital inflows...

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