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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper reviews the extent to which growth in Ethiopia has translated into higher living standards. A key feature of the economic strategy has been an explicit commitment to poverty reduction and structural transformation. This is underpinned by the vision of a...
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Soft Budget Constraints, Firm Commitments and the Social Safety Net
International Monetary Fund - 1991
It is shown that the inefficiencies created by the “soft” budget constraint, enjoyed by enterprises in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, will continue so long as governments are unable credibly to threaten not to bail out loss-makers. Commitment to a “hard” budget constraint can best be...
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Social Security, Demographic Trends, and the Federal Budget
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper considers the implications of the prospective aging of the U.S. population for the social security system and concludes that the large and growing cashflow surpluses of the social security trust funds should be saved to help insulate living stands against this change. A number of...
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Social Security Issues in Developing Countries : The Latin American Experience
International Monetary Fund - 1988
The paper surveys the major economic, financial, and administrative issues that confront social security systems in Latin America. The larger systems have contributed substantially to public sector financial disequilibria. Expenditures of the younger systems with more limited coverage could...
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India Financial Sector Assessment Program : Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund - 2018
This assessment of the implementation of the BCP in India has been completed as part of the Financial Sector Assessment …
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India Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Securities Regulation
World Bank Group - 2017
This Technical Note examines India's securities market and the regulatory system overseeing the securities market and … market participants. It is based upon a mission to Mumbai, India from March 14 - 31, 2017, conducted as one component of a … occurred in India's securities markets since the last assessment and the changes that have occurred in the regulation of this …
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Competition in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2005
It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : What Are the Consequences of China's WTO Entry for India'S Trade
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China''s WTO accession for India''s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China''s WTO entry in terms …
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India : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes—FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund - 2011
India faces a range of money laundering and terrorist financing risks. India continues to be a target for terrorist … groups and has been the victim of numerous attacks. Based on a threat assessment, it was found that India's major sources for … terrorist financing (FT) were funds/resources from organizations outside India, counterfeiting of currency, and criminal …
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Export Versus FDI in Services
International Monetary Fund - 2010
In the literature on exports and investment, most productive firms are seen to invest abroad. In the Helpman et al. (2004) model, costs of transportation play a critical role in the decision about whether to serve foreign customers by exporting, or by producing abroad. We consider the case of...
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