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Burkina Faso : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This paper assesses the link between public investment and economic growth in Burkina Faso. It also evaluates Burkina Faso's external competitiveness by using a comparison of REER to its equilibrium levels and a survey-based assessment of overall competitiveness. The report attempts to quantify...
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Roads to Nowhere : How Corruption in Public investment Hurts Growth
International Monetary Fund - 1998
In some countries, corrupt politicians appear to choose investment projects based on the opportunity for bribes and kickbacks these projectspresent. This paper contends that such corruption increases the numberof capital projects undertaken and trends to enlarge their size andcomplexity. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409386
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Improving Public Investment Efficiency in the G-20
International Monetary Fund - 2015
Through the provision of both social and economic infrastructure, public investment can serve as an important catalyst for economic growth. A significant body of theoretical and empirical research underscores the positive relationship between investment in high-quality public infrastructure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408539
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Making Public Investment More Efficient
International Monetary Fund - 2015
Public investment supports the delivery of key public services, connects citizens and firms to economic opportunities, and can serve as an important catalyst for economic growth. After three decades of decline, public investment has begun to recover as a share of GDP in emerging markets (EMs)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408564
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Public Investment and Fiscal Policy : Lessons From the Pilot Country Studies
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper reports on findings from eight pilot country studies on public investment that were carried out during the second half of 2004. The pilot country studies covered a diverse group of countries. Specifically, they included countries in Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru),...
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Germany : Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund - 2010
/CFT) measures for Germany. The report reveals that Germany has introduced a number of measures in recent years to strengthen its AML …/CFT regime. Germany has generated a relatively large number of prosecutions for money laundering and orders to confiscate assets …. These achievements occurred even though Germany has shortcomings identified in this assessment against the Financial Action …
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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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Germany: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
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Germany: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Germany
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
KEY ISSUES Context: ? Germany fundamentals are sound: balance sheets are generally healthy, unemployment is at a … uncertainty (including about future energy costs), and fast approaching adverse demographic changes. ? Germany could do more to … increase its growth, thus strengthening its role as an engine of euro area recovery. Policy recommendations: ? Germany has the …
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United Germany : the first five years ; performance and policy issues
Corker, Robert (contributor); Feldman, Robert A. (contributor) - International Monetary Fund - 1995
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