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Trade Policy and Market Structure Interactions in Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper shows that the presence of quotas on imported inputs that are based on installed capacity can lead to capacity underutilization in manufacturing industries of developing countries. A replacement of such quotas, by tariffs leads to full capacity utilization under assumptions of both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396017
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Quota Brokers
International Monetary Fund - 2004
This paper examines the role of middlemen (brokers) in an imperfect secondary market for quota licenses. Middlemen facilitate trade when markets are thin, as potential buyers and sellers find it difficult to meet and transact directly. However, in thin markets, middlemen also have the ability to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404111
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Republic of Kazakhstan : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Technical Note—Bank Profitability and Competition
International Monetary Fund - 2004
This technical note explores the reasons for a comparatively high interest rate spread in Kazakhstan in the context of competition in the banking sector. In spite of significant gains in efficiency made in recent years, operational costs and provisioning for loan losses remain high compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407263
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Mexico Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Technical Note on the Pension Annuity Market
International Monetary Fund; World Bank - 2006
This paper analyzes the performance and development of the Mexican pension annuity market in Mexico that stemmed from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255589
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Mexico - Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Technical Note on Strategic Issues in Development Bank Reform
International Monetary Fund; World Bank - 2006
State ownership in financial intermediation in Mexico has continued to be significant in qualitative as well as … quantitative, but qualitative, with influence on key sectors in the Mexican economic development. The 2001 joint World Bank … related to the operation of DBs in Mexico. Some DBs had unclear mandates or did not live up to their mandates with their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255590
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Mexico Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Technical Note on Observance with the Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems (CPSIPS): An Update
International Monetary Fund; World Bank - 2006
Financial System Assessment Program (FSAP) update mission to Mexico from February 22 to March 8, 2006, an update of the … International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will be available to carry out full reassessments once self-assessments for the new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255591
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Mexico : 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion for Mexico
International Monetary Fund - 2007
This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic expansion of Mexico has continued albeit slowed by … financial policies that have helped Mexico to reduce significantly external and internal vulnerabilities over the years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405869
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Mexico : 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund - 2009
The staff report on Mexico’s 2008 Article IV Consultation focuses on economic and financial sector implications of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406037
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Mexico : 2004 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mexico...
International Monetary Fund - 2004
This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic activity in Mexico accelerated to 3.8 percent in the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406113
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Mexico : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2004
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the sources of Mexico’s economic growth since the 1960s, and compares various … describes the significant steps Mexico has taken to strengthen the structure of its public debt in recent years, both in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406114