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This paper studies the factors that have influenced countries' participation in IMF drawing programs. IMF drawing …-track, it provides a closer link to the factors that have influenced the evolution of IMF credit outstanding. The analysis uses … determinants of countries' participation in IMF drawing programs. The importance of the global factor is not uniform during the …
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All financial institutions specialize, in dimensions that may include categories of assets and liabilities, types of services offered, customer demographics, and geographic coverage. The International Monetary Fund is the only international financial institution that is universal in its...
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The design of the optimal sovereign insurance contract is analyzed when: the sovereign chooses the contract; effort is not contractible; shocks are of uncertain magnitude; the sovereign can save; and the sovereign can default. Under these conditions: i) an ex ante premium leads to higher coverage;...
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of the coinsurance arrangement is examined under different loan contracts offered by the IMF. The analysis suggests that …, if the IMF’s objective is to safeguard its resources and be concerned about the welfare of the borrower, an ex ante loan …
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This paper reviews and draws lessons from the stabilization and reform program that Korea implemented in response to the 1997-98 crisis. The economy recovered quickly from the deep recession in 1998 and its vulnerability to a balance of payments crisis has been reduced sharply. Significant...
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Understanding of the domestic political environment is key to building broad country ownership and the successful implementation of reform programs supported by international financial institutions (IFIs). But recipient countries are not unitary actors: policymakers are influenced by special...
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Designing appropriate governance structures for an international financial institution such as the IMF is difficult …
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The paper outlines a general framework for statistical legislation. The implications of statistical legislation for the whole statistical system, as well as for centralized versus decentralized statistical systems, are addressed. The general framework is spelled out by identifying "essential"...
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a lower IMF rate. Highly indebted countries hit by large negative shocks to output will default. The resulting reduction … further rounds of defaults. In this environment the IMF can limit default and internalize the externality generated by … contagion through its lending with conditionality. We characterize the IMF's optimal lending decision in mitigating the loss in …
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IMF lending is generally conditional on specified policies and outcomes. These conditions usually are negotiated …
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