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Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries-2019
International Monetary Fund - 2019
This paper is the fifth in a series that examines macroeconomic developments and prospects in low-income developing countries (LIDCs). LIDCs are a group of 59 IMF member countries primarily defined by income per capita below a threshold level. LIDCs contain one fifth of the world's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407873
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Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects For Low-Income Countries-2024
International Monetary Fund - 2024
The outlook for Low-Income Countries (LICs) is gradually improving, but they face persistent macroeconomic vulnerabilities, including liquidity challenges due to high debt service. There is significant heterogeneity among LICs: the poorest and most fragile countries have faced deep scarring from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058535
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Canada : Economic Developments and Policies
International Monetary Fund - 1995
This paper examines economic developments and policies in Canada during 1990–95. Spurred by the robust growth in the … United States and the easing of monetary conditions between 1991 and 1993, economic growth in Canada continued to strengthen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397375
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Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust : 2016-17 Borrowing Agreements with the Government of Canada, De Nederlandsche Bank NV, and the Bank of Korea
International Monetary Fund - 2017
agreement with the Government of Canada (Canada), and has entered into amendments to the 2010 borrowing agreement with De … with Canada and the amendments to the borrowing agreements with The Netherlands and Korea will each provide new resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408742
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Fund Concessional Financial Support For Low-Income Countries-Responding To The Pandemic
International Monetary Fund - 2021
This paper proposes a package of policy reforms and a funding strategy to ensure that the Fund has the capacity to respond flexibly to LICs' needs during the pandemic and recovery. The key policy reforms proposed include: -- raising the normal annual/cumulative limits on access to PRGT resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410832
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The Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Low-Income Countries-An Update
International Monetary Fund - 2009
Low-income countries are being hit hard by the global financial crisis. They are facing a sharp contraction in export growth, FDI inflows, and remittances, and lower-than-committed aid. But a marked recovery is in prospect for 2010 helped by rising world demand and supported by short-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410027
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Republic of Uzbekistan; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper reviews Uzbekistan’s Interim Welfare Improvement Strategy Paper (I-WISP). I-WISP defines the main directions and measures aimed at improving living standards and reducing poverty among the population of Uzbekistan for 2005–10. The strategy is designed to further expand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825518
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Canada : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2000
The issue of productivity growth in Canada has received considerable attention reflecting its marked slowdown since the … in Canada, it is useful to decompose total factor productivity (TFP) into investment-specific productivity change (ISP …) and technologically neutral productivity change (TNP). The gap in manufacturing productivity growth between Canada and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402843
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Canada : Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes: FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund - 2008
The paper presents Canada’s report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF …) recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). Canada has strengthened its overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404389
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Canada : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2008
The spillovers from the U.S. economy to Canada have been assessed. It uses structural vector autoregressions to analyze … the role of financial linkages in real and financial spillovers from the United States to Canada. The implications of … Canada’s predictable price level have been analyzed. Innovative small and medium-size enterprises have significantly greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406867