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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2014, Sub-Saharan Africa : Fostering Durable and Inclusive Growth

International Monetary Fund - 2014

The five Regional Economic Outlooks published biannually by the IMF cover Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In each volume, recent economic developments and prospects for the region are discussed as a whole, as well as for...

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Business Cycles in Emerging Markets : The Role of Durable Goods and Financial Frictions

International Monetary Fund - 2011

This paper examines how durable goods and financial frictions shape the business cycle of a small open economy subject to shocks to trend and transitory shocks. In the data, nondurable consumption is not as volatile as income for both developed and emerging market economies. The simulation of...

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Optimal Fiscal Policy and Government Provision of Contingent Liabilities : The Example of Government Loan and Deposit Guarantees

International Monetary Fund - 1989

The optimal provision of loan guarantees or deposit insurance is examined in the context of an overlapping generations model. It is demonstrated that even in the face of a market imperfection that precludes diversification of the private sector’s loan portfolio to eliminate risk, full...

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The Effects of Financial Deregulationon Consumption

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper examines whether financial deregulation in the 1980s has reduced the importance of liquidity constraints in consumption patterns. Data for six industrialized countries are used to estimate a simple model incorporating liquidity constraints and forward looking behavior. It is concluded...

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Competition in Indian Banking

International Monetary Fund - 2005

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : What Are the Consequences of China's WTO Entry for India'S Trade

International Monetary Fund - 2005

Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China''s WTO accession for India''s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China''s WTO entry in terms …

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Monetary Policy and Corporate Behaviour in India

International Monetary Fund - 2005

The paper examines the association and corporate behavior for a sample of manufacturing firms in India for the post … India, especially listed ones, seem to exhibit relationship lending …

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India : Recent Economic Developments

International Monetary Fund - 2000

market developments, reforms and performance, external sector, trade policy, and structural policy developments in India. The …

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India : 2010 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for India

International Monetary Fund - 2011

In this study, economic developments of India are discussed. Growth is among the fastest-growing in the world, social … indicators are improving, and medium-term economic prospects are favorable. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) efforts are used to …

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India : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes—FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

International Monetary Fund - 2011

India faces a range of money laundering and terrorist financing risks. India continues to be a target for terrorist … groups and has been the victim of numerous attacks. Based on a threat assessment, it was found that India's major sources for … terrorist financing (FT) were funds/resources from organizations outside India, counterfeiting of currency, and criminal …

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