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This note provides an update on the status of Doha negotiations and an outlook on significant non-Doha trade issues … Executive Board was last briefed in October 2008 (World Bank and IMF, 2008). Section III illustrates that notable gains would …
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The Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN) has expanded considerably since 2008, including in the non-traditional elements of the safety net such as Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs). The resulting multi-layered structure of the GFSN makes collaboration between its various elements more...
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde delivered this address at the Library of Congress as part of the Library's Henry A. Kissinger Lecture Series in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2018
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The author-a top decision maker at the IMF for two decades-first focuses on the system of quotas and voting power in … the IMF and concludes that it calls for reforms to enhance equity among the membership. He then examines decision making … Financial Committee. In that context, the author also comments on the impact on IMF decision making of the activities of groups …
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The global recovery continues. Although it is not yet complete, the more favorable conjuncture offers an opportunity to tackle key policy challenges to stave off medium-term downside risks, rebuild buffers, and raise potential output. Countries should undertake well-sequenced reforms to increase...
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, reserves, capital flows, and external balance sheets of the world's largest economies. The 2018 edition includes an analytical …
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This paper analyzes the factors determining the payment on outstanding debt in the presence of partial defaults, and the feasibility of renewed investment. We show that a higher relative size of sectors with lower substitutability between domestic and foreign products will increase the resource...
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