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Does the Exchange Regime Matter for inflation and Growth?
International Monetary Fund - 1996
Although the theoretical relationships are ambiguous, evidence suggestsa strong link between the choice of the exchange rate regime and economicperformance. The paper argues that adopting a pegged exchange rate canlead to lower inflation, but also to slower growth in productivity. Itfinds that...
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Italy : Background Economic Developments and Issues
International Monetary Fund - 1995
This paper reviews developments in the Italian economy during 1994 with some special attention to some specific issues. It describes trends in the real economy, with special annexes focusing on the outlook for inflation and the response of employment to cyclical and structural factors. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397681
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Aid for Trade-Harnessing Globalization for Economic Development
International Monetary Fund - 2007
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409848
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Sustaining Long-Run Growth and Macroeconomic Stability in Low Income Countries : The Role of Structural Transformation and Diversification
International Monetary Fund - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410689
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Private Investment and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund - 1989
Despite the growing support for market-oriented strategies, and for a greater role of private investment, empirical growth models for developing countries typically make no distinction between the private and public components of investment. This paper sheds some light on this important issue by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396368
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Savings, Investment, and Growth in Mexico : Five Years After the Crisis
International Monetary Fund - 1989
Despite Mexico’s recent remarkable progress in adjusting its fiscal and external accounts and in restructuring its economy, the recovery of growth has remained elusive. This paper reviews some aspects of Mexico’s recent performance and suggests that systemic adjustment uncertainty, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396459
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Dynamiccs of Asian Savings : Role of Growth and Age Structure
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper shows how growth and demography, two important determinants of the savings rate in the life-cycle approach, explain a large part of the diversity in savings behavior in Asia across eight countries as well as over time. Inflation and adverse movements in the terms of trade are found to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396475
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Global Monitoring Report 2004 : Policies and Actions for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Related Outcomes
International Monetary Fund - 2013
The turn of the century was marked by some significant and promising events for world development. The Millennium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563860
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Global Monitoring Report 2009 : A Development Emergency
International Monetary Fund - 2012
development crisis. The financial crisis originated in the developed world, but it has spread quickly and inexorably to the … developing world, sparing no country. Increasingly it appears that this will not be a short-lived crisis. The poor countries are … survival. At high- level meetings held in 2008 to mark the MDG halfway point, world leaders expressed grave concern that the …
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