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 …

This paper focuses on post-crisis fiscal priorities in the ASEAN-5 economies - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines … stimulus, contributed to rapid economic recovery in the ASEAN-5. As growth rebounds, these economies are beginning to identify …

Asia levels. Ensuring more inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth presents a key challenge for ASEAN. Despite … environmental sustainability. These challenges hamper ASEAN welfare convergence relative to advanced Asia. Policies to close these … (ASEAN) countries continue their considerable past achievements. The Millennium Development Goals-which were to have been met …

Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …

The five Regional Economic Outlooks published biannually by the IMF cover Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and … Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In each volume, recent economic developments and prospects for …