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Private Investment in Developing Countries : An Empirical Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper analyzes the effects of several policy and other macro-economic variables on the ratio of private investment … econometric evidence indicates that the rate of private investment is positively related to the real growth rate of GDP, public … sector investment, and to a lesser extent the level of per capita GDP, while it is negatively related to domestic inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395767
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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 … public sector and private sector investment. This model is estimated for a cross - section sample of 24 developing countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396368
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Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth in developing countries
Bléjer, Mario I. (ed.) - International Monetary Fund - 1989
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000786261
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Building Fiscal Capacity in Fragile States
International Monetary Fund - 2017
The paper draws on recent country experience to describe the approach to designing and implementing fiscal reforms in fragile states (FS) taken in the IMF's technical assistance (TA). In doing so, it highlights how the TA that the IMF provides to FS differs from that of non-FS, describes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408666
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Gender Budgeting in G7 Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2017
At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408683
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Monetary and Fiscal Policy Design Issues in Low-Income Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Considers possible adjustments in the design of Fund-supported programs, drawing on the experience of low-income countries that have successfully addressed the most apparent domestic macroeconomic imbalances
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409774
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The Macroeconomics of Managing Increased Aid Inflows : Experiences of Low-Income Countries and Policy Implications
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Investigates the macroeconomic challenges for low-income countries created by a surge in aid inflows. It develops an analytical framework for examining possible policy responses to increased aid, and then applies this framework to the experience of five relatively well-governed countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409798
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Fiscal Policy Response to Scaled-Up Aid
International Monetary Fund - 2007
Sound fiscal policies are critical for handling aid volatility as well as for making effective use of scaled-up aid and other flows. By easing resource constraints, these flows allow low-income countries (LICs) to increase spending aimed at enhancing growth and reducing poverty. Effective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409856
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Macroeconomic Policy Frameworks for Resource-Rich Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2012
significant share of a RRDC's savings to be in domestic real assets (e.g., investment in domestic infrastructure), though …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410333
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Fund-Supported Programs, Fiscal Policy, and Income Distribution
International Monetary Fund - 1986
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400610