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This paper examines the implications of elevated global food prices for inflation in select Central Asian economies - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The findings suggest that global food inflation has significant short-run effects that build over time. Inflation...
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This report updates the macroeconomic assessment of the impact of global food and fuel price increases provided in the IMF June 2008 Board paper: Food and Fuel Prices-Recent Developments, Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Response. Food and oil prices peaked in early summer-in particular, oil...
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This paper reviews economic developments in Barbados during the 1990s. Economic activity declined during 1990-92 but began to recover in 1993. The recovery started slowly in 1993, but picked up in 1994, and real GDP grew by 3.8 percent in that year. Adverse weather in 1994 led to a drop in sugar...
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catching-up has been so much slower in Poland than in its regional peers, and whether this might hamper Poland's long … Poland. Section II.E concludes the chapter. …
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In March 1999, Poland implemented a systemic pension reform that involved the introduction of a multi-pillar pension … note on the pension sector was elaborated as part of the Poland Financial Sector Assessment Program, or FSAP update that …
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Poland’s macroeconomic performance was strong during the global crisis, supported by sound economic policies. The …
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This report provides the details of the IMF's projections and estimates on the Republic of Poland's sectoral breakdown …; private sector employment by sector, during 1993–98; monetary survey; balance sheet of the national bank of Poland, during …
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This Selected Issues paper analyzes the use of fiscal rules in Poland and also suggests improvements. The study reviews …
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Poland’s macroeconomic performance was strong in the decade leading up to the global crisis. Poland’s commitments to … supervisory framework helped foster a well-capitalized banking system. A successor Flexible Credit Line arrangement for Poland … will play an important role in supporting the government’s economic policy strategy. Although Poland’s underlying …
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