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Small States Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change : Role for the IMF
International Monetary Fund - 2016
Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. This reflects a higher frequency of disasters, adjusted for land area, as well as...
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The Balance of Payments Impact of the Food and Fuel Price Shocks on Low-Income African Countries : A Country-by-Country Assessment
International Monetary Fund - 2008
This note discusses the implications of the price shocks for the balance of payments of low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The response by bilateral donors and multilateral institutions will, in practice, need to be country-specific. To this end, the note identifies a list of 18...
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Catastrophe Containment And Relief Trust-Approval Of Grant Assistance For Debt Service Relief
International Monetary Fund - 2020
Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust …
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Large Natural Disasters : Enhancing the Financial Safety Net for Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2017
The Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) are valuable components of the disaster risk … access limits of 60 percent of quota under the RCF and RFI for countries experiencing severe natural disaster-related damages …. The focus of this paper is to specify the threshold of damage from a natural disaster that would allow members …
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Subsidization of the Fund's Emergency Assistance for Natural Disasters to PRGF-Eligible Members
International Monetary Fund - 2005
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Termination of the Emergency Post-Conflict and Natural Disaster Assistance Administered Subsidy Account
International Monetary Fund - 2014
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Australia : Benefiting from Economic Reforms
International Monetary Fund - 1998
Australia's recent economic performance has been impressive. It has experienced steady growth since the early 1990s and … postwar years, when falling productivity and rising inflation caused Australia's per capita income to slip from one of the …
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Haiti; Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access: Staff Report; Staff Statements; Press Release on th...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper presents Haiti’s Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility and request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access. Manufacturing activity would be hit the most, as the largest enterprises, including the important export textile sector, have been...
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Sri Lanka; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
Sri Lanka’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that the fiscal deficit exceeded budget targets, and with a significant amount of government financing provided by the central bank, the growth in monetary aggregates increased, contributing to higher inflation. The near-term economic...
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Maldives; Use of Fund Resources-Request for Emergency Assistance—Staff Report, Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Maldiv...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper reviews the Maldives’s Use of IMF Resources and Request for Emergency Assistance. The authorities have requested a purchase of an amount equivalent to SDR 4.1 million (50 percent of quota) under the IMF’s policy on emergency assistance related to natural disasters. The...
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