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Central America : Structural Foundations for Regional Financial Integration
International Monetary Fund - 2006
Intraregional financial activity in Central America has grown substantially in the past decade, contributing to efficiency and economic development. At the same time, the expansion of activities by regional conglomerates has increased the challenges to supervisory authorities of containing the...
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Financial Integration in Latin America
International Monetary Fund - 2016
Many Latin American economies have experienced significant reductions in growth recently, as a result of the end of the commodity super-cycle and the rebalancing of China's growth, and a number of global banks have been leaving the region. AlthoughLatin American countries were generally less...
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Dynamiccs of Asian Savings : Role of Growth and Age Structure
International Monetary Fund - 1988
, explain a large part of the diversity in savings behavior in Asia across eight countries as well as over time. Inflation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396475
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Asia and Pacific Small States : Raising Potential Growth and Enhancing Resilience to Shocks
International Monetary Fund - 2013
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living …-cyclical. Within the Asia-Pacific small states group, the micro states are subject to more vulnerability and macroeconomic volatility … than the rest of the Asia-Pacific small states …
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Ghana : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This Selected Issues paper on Ghana shows that as a small, open low-income economy, the country faces several major challenges in its conduct of disinflation policy. Ghana has historically experienced volatile and often high inflation rates. The paper also presents a model that recognizes...
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Republic of Poland : Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Credit, Growth, and Financial Stability
International Monetary Fund - 2007
This technical note on the Republic of Poland underlies the country’s credit, growth, and financial stability. A broad-based statistical and econometric analysis of financial and household balance sheet data implies that exchange rate-related credit risk and liquidity risk are currently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406890
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Ghana : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2003
This Selected Issues paper reviews trends in GDP and their impact on poverty reduction in Ghana. It highlights structural constraints that are believed to have affected output growth, along with potential sources of increases in output in future years. The paper analyzes trends in the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407133
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Ghana : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 1999
This Selected Issues paper reviews public service reform in Ghana. The paper highlights that a range of public service reform initiatives have been undertaken in Ghana since the early 1980s. The public service in Ghana is composed of centrally managed agencies, ministries, subvented agencies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398120
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Ghana : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2000
This paper reviews trends in GDP and other macroeconomic variables since independence. It assesses the performance of the different sectors of the economy and expenditure categories. The paper identifies a number of products that could contribute to maintaining the high growth rate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398778
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Islamic Republic of Iran : Managing the Transition to a Market Economy
International Monetary Fund - 2007
Iran has received much attention from a geopolitical and regional standpoint, but its economic challenges have not attracted a similar degree of interest. With a population of 69 million, considerable hydrocarbon resources, a dynamic and entrepreneurial middle class, and a relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411053