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corporate balance sheets in much of Asia: the IMF was unaware of the extraordinary leverage of Korean companies, which in some …
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, explain a large part of the diversity in savings behavior in Asia across eight countries as well as over time. Inflation and …
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The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living …-cyclical. Within the Asia-Pacific small states group, the micro states are subject to more vulnerability and macroeconomic volatility … than the rest of the Asia-Pacific small states …
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What accounts for variations in FDI flows from advanced to developing countries? How have FDI inflows explained cross-country growth experiences? In this paper we tackle both these questions empirically for a large sample of middle and low-income countries. Two key results emerge: (i) lower...
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We cannot allow the return of economic stability to signify a return to "business as usual" for the IMF. The crisis exposed huge cracks in the international financial architecture of which the Fund is a key part. We have an historic responsibility to fix them. I urge all of us to recommit to...
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Following an extended period of strong economic performance, Vietnam is facing considerable challenges. Growth …
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In this study, the following are listed in detail: gross domestic product by expenditure and by sector and ownership at current prices and at constant prices, consumer price inflation, gross value of agricultural production at constant prices, production of food staples, industrial crop...
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Vietnam was remarkably successful in bringing down inflation in the 1990s to a single-digit range, after a period of …. Petroleum price increases appear to have had a modest direct effect on inflation in Vietnam, peaking at about 1 percent in 2005 …
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are subject to risks. IMF staff supports the State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV’s) plan to establish a more flexible exchange …
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