Search Results - subject:"Financial reforms"

Contributions of financial sector reforms and credit supply to Nigerian agricultural sector (1978-2009)

Onoja, Anthony O.; Onu, M. E.; Ajodo-Ohiemi, S. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 2 (2011) 2, pp. 83-98

This study analyzed the trends and pattern of institutional credit supply to agriculture during pre- and post-financial … reforms along with their determinants. It then compared the effects of reform policies on access to institutional credits in …

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Jamaica; Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement-Staff Report; Informational Annex; Staff Supplement; and the Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion.

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Economic developments and growth of Jamaica are discussed in this paper. Despite the good performance under the program through end-September, mounting spending pressures and delays in some fiscal reforms have required the adoption of corrective measures by the authorities. The authorities...

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United Kingdom; Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Supplementary Information

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

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A critical assessment of the European approach to financial reforms

Montanaro, Elisabetta; Tonveronachi, Mario - In: PSL Quarterly Review 64 (2011) 258, pp. 193-226

The paper offers a critical assessment of the financial reforms adopted or proposed at the European level. The …

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When does financial sector (in)stability induce financial reforms?

Lee, Susie; Schumacher, Ingmar - HAL - 2011

sectors in times of financial stability. We argue that politicians are less likely to undertake financial reforms if they face …. We also find that weaker financial lobbies are unable to block financial reforms while strong lobbies can effectively …

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Financial Liberalization And Demand For Money: A Case of Pakistan

Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Hye, Qazi Muhammad Adnan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Literature in economics has identified many channels through which the financial liberalization may affect demand for money. There are evidences of stability as well as instability of demand for money due to financial development for developing economies. The objective of the current study is to...

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The Role of Structural Reforms in Raising Economic Growth in Central America

Swiston, Andrew; Barrot, Luis-Diego - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Central America experienced moderate growth during the last decade, including in the years leading up to the global financial crisis, but the rate of convergence toward advanced country income levels has still been slow. Moreover, forecasts imply that these trends will continue. What can be done...

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Financial Reforms and Financial Instability

Gluzmann, Pablo; Guzman, Martín - In: Ensayos Económicos 1 (2011) 61-62, pp. 35-73

In this paper we analyze empirically the relationship between different financial reforms and financial instability. We … measure as an aggregate of different financial reforms. Using data from Laeven and Valencia (2008) on banking crises and from … Abiad et al. (2010) on financial reforms, we find a positive relationship between financial liberalization and frequency of …

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The Bright and the Dark Side of Cross-Border Banking Linkages

Muñoz, Sònia; Scuzzarella, Ryan; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

When a country's banking system becomes more linked to the global banking network, does that system get more or less prone to a banking crisis? Using model simulations and econometric estimates based on a world-wide dataset, we find an M-shaped relationship between financial stability of a...

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Financial Deepening and International Monetary Stability

Wang, Shengzu; Marsh, Chris; Goyal, Rishi; Raman, Narayanan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...

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