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Jamaica SME Finance
International Monetary Fund - 2015
financial sector is scarcely used to finance their investments. The lack of funding for the SME sector, or its high cost, has a … micro-entrepreneurs, with credit unions providing mostly consumer finance and an underdeveloped microfinance sector. The … create a regulatory authority to oversee microfinance institution (MFIs). The authorities have taken significant initiatives …
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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting : U.S.-Japan Comparison
International Monetary Fund - 1988
Using domestic and export price data and a framework of markup over cost, pricing behavior of U.S. and Japanese manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than American exporters, who tend to price to domestic...
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The impact of the global financial crisis on microfinance and policy implications
Di Bella, Gabriel - 2011
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Microfinance Institutions and Public Policy
International Monetary Fund - 2002
Many governments and nongovernmental organizations have adopted policies to promote the growth of microfinance …
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Microfinance Institutions and Public Policy
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2002
Many governments and nongovernmental organizations have adopted policies to promote the growth of microfinance …
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Finance & Development, March 2013
International Monetary Fund - 2013
Two years ago, citizens in the Arab world—fired by their ideals and visions of a better life—ignited a social movement that inspired people around the globe. In Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen—the so-called Arab countries in transition—people embraced change, ushering...
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Finance & Development, December 2012
International Monetary Fund - 2012
By combating malaria with mosquito nets or building schools and providing basic sanitation, philanthropy is helping transform the developing world. Rich donors are devoting fortunes—many of them earned through computer software, entertainment, and venture capitalism— to defeating poverty and...
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Intensified Fund Involvement in Anti-Money Laundering Work and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund - 2001
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Changing Patterns in Low-Income Country Financing and Implications for Fund Policies on External Financing and Debt
International Monetary Fund - 2009
Low-income countries (LICs) face significant challenges in meeting their development objectives while maintaining a sustainable debt position. The international community's main answer to this dilemma has been to promote recourse to concessional external resources. The Fund's recommendations to...
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The Fund's Mandate-Future Financing Role
International Monetary Fund - 2010
The following is the provisional agenda for the Twenty-First Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, which is to be convened at the Fund's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 24, 2010. A joint working dinner of IMFC members and G-20 ministers will be held...
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