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This paper reviews progress under the Fund's strengthened cooperative strategy on overdue financial obligations. Since the last review, total arrears to the Fund declined by SDR 17.5 million to SDR 1,309.5 million. Payments to the Fund by Sudan and Zimbabwe were in excess of new obligations...
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This paper summarizes the main governance challenges and reform options facing the IMF, drawing together the analysis … and reform proposals in the reports of the Eminent Persons Group (headed by Trevor Manuel), the IEO, and a range of other … selecting key issues and proposals, and in laying out some of the pros and cons. With reform of quotas/voting power on a …
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The recent financial crisis has given renewed urgency to the need for resolution systems for financial institutions, which both safeguard financial stability and limit moral hazard. However, experience demonstrates that these systems will not be effective unless progress is also made in...
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This paper sets out, and seeks to make operational, a core package for the consideration of the Executive Board and, subsequently, the Board of Governors. The reforms would lead to a major overhaul of the Fund's quotas and governance, strengthening the Fund's legitimacy and effectiveness. The...
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"In 1998 the Slovenian UI system was drastically reformed. The reform reduced the potential duration of unemployment …
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"how to do" energy subsidy reform, drawing on insights from 22 country case studies and analyses carried out by other … institutions, and it offers summary narratives and analyses of reform efforts undertaken in each of those 22 countries"--Preface …
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Financial sector liberalization can spur economic growth and development, but reforms to liberalize the financial sector can also entail risks if they are not properly designed and implemented. One of the central questions for countries reforming their financial systems is how to sequence the...
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reform, drawing on insights from 22 country case studies undertaken by IMF staff and analyses carried out by other …
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