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. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …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 …
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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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Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries … developing countries to choose fuller participation in the world trading system …
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The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the …
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While inflation slowed sharply in Mexico during 1988, imports surged. Although the growth of domestic absorption could be attributed to a higher fiscal deficit, deriving from sharply higher domestic interest rates, this paper argues that the recovery of private investment was the main driving...
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This paper outlines the IMF's perspective on the economic impact of corrup-tion and experience in helping countries design and implement strategies to address it. Corruption has a broader corrosive impact on society. It undermines trust in government and erodes the ethical standards of private...
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Executive Board was last briefed in October 2008 (World Bank and IMF, 2008). Section III illustrates that notable gains would …
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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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