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Trade Progress Report : Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade

International Monetary Fund - 2005

Updates the Board on progress in the WTO negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda in the run-up to the Hong Kong SAR Ministerial in December, and presents proposals on aid for trade to be submitted to the Development Committee and International Monetary and Finance Committee in September...

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Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This paper summarizes recent developments in the Doha Round negotiations, and aid for trade. As requested by the Development Committee last September, it reviews existing mechanisms for cross-country and regional aid for trade needs. It proposes possible options to overcome the coordination and...

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Doha Development Agenda and Aid for Trade : Supplement

International Monetary Fund - 2005

At their 2005 Spring meetings, the Development Committee and IMFC called on the Bank and Fund to work with others to develop more detailed proposals, for consideration at the Annual Meetings, to help developing countries adjust to and take advantage of the Doha Round. In response, Bank and Fund...

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Mauritius : Assessment Letter in the Context of the Aid for Trade Initiative

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This note presents the IMF staff's assessment of recent macroeconomic developments in Mauritius and the authorities' reform strategy to address the negative impact of the loss of preferential access for the textile and sugar sectors and to raise potential growth. Drawing on the findings of an...

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Foreign Borrowing and Export Promotion Policies

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper considers the problem of allocation of investment for a debtor country that faces a ceiling on the amount of foreign debt it can accumulate. It shows that it is optimal for the debtor country to create a more open economy by favoring investment in the export sector over investment in...

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Recent Export Credit Market Developments

International Monetary Fund - 1997

Export credit agencies (ECAs) have played a critical role in financing for developing countries in recent years, and officially supported export credits have been growing in volume. The current export credit exposure to developing countries and economies in transition has reached almost half a...

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Austria : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This Selected Issues paper focuses on the medium-term budgetary framework (MTBF) for Austria. Austria is part of a … trend among many countries to consider some form of MTBF. This paper describes the proposed framework in Austria and …

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Austria : 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Aust...

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that the favorable economic outcome for Austria is owed to a combination …, and Southeastern Europe (CESE). The banking sector continues to do well overall. The authorities are taking action to …

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

International Monetary Fund - 2010

Austria’s recession had limited effects on unemployment. Investment declined sharply but consumption helped cushion the … recession, supported by tax cuts and various labor market measures together with large increases in real wages. Austria’s fiscal … foreign exchange loans, while providing continued financing to central and southeastern Europe, will be challenging …

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Austria : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2005

This Selected Issues paper estimates a dynamic model of foreign currency loans to households in Austria to analyze … developments in Austria’s economic linkages with Germany and the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). It finds that … become stronger. The paper also discusses the dynamics of Austria’s economic linkages with Germany, and examines these …

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