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Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows

International Monetary Fund - 2007

Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …

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Once Again, is Openness Good for Growth?

International Monetary Fund - 2004

Rodriguez and Rodrik (2000) argue that the relation between openness and growth is still an open question. One of the main problems in the assessment of the effect is the endogeneity of the relation. In order to address this issue, this paper applies the identification through heteroskedasticity...

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Why is China Growing So Fast?

International Monetary Fund - 1997

Since 1978 the Chinese economy has grown on average more than 9 percenta year. Per capita income has nearly quadrupled in the past 15 years andsome analysts predict that within 20 years the Chinese economy will belarger than that of the United States. This pamphlet analyzes the reasonsfor the...

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Investment, Openness and Country Risk

International Monetary Fund - 1987

The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, 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

The role of trade in the global economy is at a critical juncture. Increased trade integration helped to drive economic growth in advanced and developing economies in the latter part of the 20th century. Since the early 2000's, however, a slowdown in the pace of trade reform, a post-crisis...

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Integrating Poor Countries into the World Trading System

International Monetary Fund - 2006

Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries’ trade policies and their development strategies. However, although greater trade openness promises faster growth for poor countries, it also presents risks to those with small...

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Republic of Korea: selected issues

Eskesen, Leif - 2010

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The U.S. Current Account Deficit and the Global Economy

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This paper presents the views of Lawrence H. Summers on the U.S. current account deficit and the global economy. Summers highlights that the U.S. current account deficit is currently running well in excess of US$600 billion at an annual rate, in the range of 5.5 percent of GDP. It represents...

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The Global Informal Workforce : Priorities for Inclusive Growth

International Monetary Fund - 2021

The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the macroeconomy. The book covers interactions between the informal economy, labor and product markets, gender equality, fiscal institutions and outcomes, social protection, and financial...

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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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