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Consumer Price Index Manual : Theory and Practice

International Monetary Fund - 2004

The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over time. It is a key statistic for economic and social policymaking and has substantial and wide-ranging implications for governments, businesses, and households. This important and...

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Producer Price Index Manual : Theory and Practice

International Monetary Fund - 2004

Manual: Theory and Practice provides clear, up-to-date guidance on the concepts, uses, methods, and economic theory of the … National Accounts1993 and recent developments in index number theory. Preparation of the Manual was undertaken by the …

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Export and Import Price Index Manual : Theory and Practice

International Monetary Fund - 2009

A joint production by six international organizations, this manual explores the conceptual and theoretical issues that national statistical offices should consider in the daily compilation of export and import price indices. Intended for use by both developed and developing countries, it...

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Economic policies for a new South Africa

Lachman, Desmond (ed.); Ballali, Daudi (contributor) - International Monetary Fund - 1992

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Financial Crises, Poverty, and Income Distribution

International Monetary Fund - 2002

. These crises affect poverty and the distribution of income through a variety of channels: slowdowns in economic activity … incidence of poverty and income distribution, and discusses policy options that can be considered by governments in the … with an increase in poverty and, in some cases, income inequality. The provison of targeted safety nets and the protection …

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Albania : Income Distribution, Poverty, and Social Safety Nets in the Transition, 1991-1993

International Monetary Fund - 1994

This paper examines developments in Albania’s income distribution and poverty during the transition to a market … consumption data, however, a large decline in urban real incomes is implausible. Poverty in both the urban and the rural …

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Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust Interest Rate Mechanism : Extension of Temporary Interest Rate Waiver

International Monetary Fund - 2012

In recent months, a number of Directors have expressed support in the Executive Board for a further extension of the temporary exceptional interest waiver on concessional lending. An extension would send a signal of the Fund's continued support for Low-Income Countries at a time when the global...

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Fiscal Policy, Labor Markets and the Poor

International Monetary Fund - 1990

In designing policy measures, including possible social safety nets, targeted to the poor, it is important to fully understand the efficiency implications of these measures. There is abundant macroeconomic literature on their negative effects on the poor’s work effort. The literature, however,...

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Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending

International Monetary Fund - 2003

The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The political economy literature suggests that redistributive spending is higher in...

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Review of the IMF's Trade Restrictiveness Index

International Monetary Fund - 2005

This paper examines the construction of the index and its use over the past seven years, identifies its limitations, examines several alternative measures of trade policy, and highlights some options for improving the Fund's use of trade policy indicators

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