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systemic financial risk. Benefits, such as enhanced investment and consumption smoothing, tend to be greater for countries … national level, robust macroprudential policy frameworks focused on mitigating systemic risk can improve the capacity of a … and to reduce systemic financial risk stemming from such flows (CFM/MPMs), and thereby ensure the appropriate application …
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The rapid recovery in many low-income countries (LICs) following the global crisis has been sustained in 2012. Softening commodity prices have led to moderating inflation pressures in most LICs. However, progress in rebuilding policy buffers has halted over the past two years, despite continued...
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slowdown in the pace of trade reform, a post-crisis uptick in protectionism, and risk of further reversals have been a drag on …
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Aid for trade can support countries trying to further benefit from the expanding global market place by helping to address poorly performing infrastructure and institutions. Needless to say, good policies also matter: trade liberalization, improving incentives for private investment in trade,...
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increased crisis risk -making countries vulnerable to abrupt changes in market sentiment, jeopardizing both stability and growth …
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An assessment of vulnerabilities and risks in LICs remains important both for LICs themselves and for the international community. There are currently 74 LICs, eligible for concessional financing from the Fund. This group of countries has a total population of about 1.3 billion, with an average...
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. LIDCs contain one fifth of the world's population-1.5 billion people-but account for only 4 percent of global output. The …
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Trade integration can play a much larger role in boosting shared prosperity. The current focus on trade tensions threatens to obscure the great untapped benefits possible from further trade reform. The opportunities provided by information technology and other fundamental changes in the global...
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of a more shock-prone world. This requires both decisive domestic actions, including expanding and better targeting …
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