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Energy subsidy reform : lessons and implications

Clements, Benedict J. (ed.); Coady, David P. (ed.) - 2013

"This volume provides the most comprehensive estimates of worldwide energy subsidies currently available, drawing on … "how to do" energy subsidy reform, drawing on insights from 22 country case studies and analyses carried out by other …

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Energy Subsidy Reform : Lessons and Implications

International Monetary Fund - 2013

Energy subsidies have wide-ranging economic consequences. While aimed at protecting consumers, subsidies aggravate … fiscal imbalances, crowd-out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector …. Subsidies also distort resource allocation by encouraging excessive energy consumption, artificially promoting capital …

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Fund Surveillance Over Members of Currency Unions

International Monetary Fund - 2005

Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). However, only for the EU institutions …

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EMU and the international monetary system : proceedings of a conference held in Washington DC on March 17-18, 1997, cosponsored by the Fondation Camille Gutt and the IMF

Masson, Paul R. (ed.); Krueger, Thomas H. (contributor); … - International Monetary Fund - 1997

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Toward a Framework for Safeguarding Financial Stability

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This paper examines the emergence of financial stability as a key policy objective. It discusses the underlying trends in the financial system, as well as the role of finance in relation to money, the real economy, and public policy. Financial stability is defined in terms of its ability to help...

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Per Jacobsson Lecture : What Financial System for the Twenty-First Century?

International Monetary Fund - 2011

This paper describes a financial system that should be adopted for the 21st century. The paper highlights that the financial crisis of 2008 has raised fundamental questions about how the financial industry is structured, managed, and regulated. The paper discusses that a well-functioning...

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Central Banking Legislation : A Collection of Central Bank, Monerary and Bankin Law, Volume II

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This paper discusses the central banking, monetary, and banking laws for 17 countries in Europe, an area where many of the techniques that are now universally used in regulating or controlling the supply of money and credit were developed. The complete text of the basic central bank law of each...

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The Fund's Lending Framework and Sovereign Debt-Further Considerations

International Monetary Fund - 2015

In discussing the June 2014 paper, Executive Directors broadly supported staff's proposal to introduce more flexibility into the Fund's exceptional access framework to reduce unnecessary costs for the member, its creditors, and the overall system. Directors' views varied on staff's proposal to...

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Adequacy of the Global Financial Safety Net : Proposal for a New Policy Coordination Instrument

International Monetary Fund - 2017

The global financial safety net (GFSN) has become larger and more decentralized, creating a need for greater coordination. The expanded GFSN has created multiple sources of official financing for countries in need of support to address balance of payments shocks. Enhanced coordination among...

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Approaches to Macrofinancial Surveillance in Article IV Reports

International Monetary Fund - 2017

The Fund has made good progress over the past two years in integrating macrofinancial analysis into Article IV surveillance for a wide range of members. Building on past work to enhance financial sector analysis, Fund staff has sought to develop a consistent and forward-looking view on how the...

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