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Global Risks, Vulnerabilities, and Policy Challenges Facing Low-Income Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2012
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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Group of Twenty : Measures Which are Both Macroprudential and Capital Flow Management Measures
International Monetary Fund - 2015
The global financial crisis underscored the costs of systemic instability at both the national and global levels and highlighted the importance of dedicated macroprudential and capital flow management policies. The IMF has been assisting its members with policy advice as well as developing and...
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Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All : The Case for Trade and for Policies to Facilitate Adjustment
International Monetary Fund - 2017
slowdown in the pace of trade reform, a post-crisis uptick in protectionism, and risk of further reversals have been a drag on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408691
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Aid for Trade-Harnessing Globalization for Economic Development
International Monetary Fund - 2007
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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Making Debt Work For Development and Macroeconomic Stability
International Monetary Fund - 2022
increased crisis risk -making countries vulnerable to abrupt changes in market sentiment, jeopardizing both stability and growth …
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Investment and Growth in the Arab World : A Scoping Note
International Monetary Fund - 2016
Enhancing public and private investment, but also ensuring that this translates into higher growth and employment, have long been key policy challenges in Arab countries. Reflecting an improvement in policies and global conditions, investment rates in Arab countries have increased over the past...
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Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust Interest Rate Mechanism : Extension of Temporary Interest Rate Waiver
International Monetary Fund - 2012
In recent months, a number of Directors have expressed support in the Executive Board for a further extension of the temporary exceptional interest waiver on concessional lending. An extension would send a signal of the Fund's continued support for Low-Income Countries at a time when the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410374
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State-Contingent Debt Instruments for Sovereigns
International Monetary Fund - 2017
Background. The case for sovereign state-contingent debt instruments (SCDIs) as a countercyclical and risk-sharing tool … risk diversification for investors, and enhance the resilience of the international financial system. Should SCDI issuance … conventional debt; pro-cyclical investor demand; migration of excessive risk to the private sector; and adverse political economy …
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The Restructuring of Sovereign Debt : Assessing the Benefits, Risks, and Feasibility of Aggregating Claims
International Monetary Fund - 2003
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Reserve Accumulation and International Monetary Stability : Supplementary Information
International Monetary Fund - 2010
Reform package. Comprehensive reform of Fund governance-encompassing quotas, ministerial engagement and oversight, the size and composition of the Executive Board, voting rules, management selection, and staff diversity-is essential to enhancing the Fund's long-term legitimacy and effectiveness....
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