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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

During the twin crises of 2008â€“09 Georgiaâ€™s foreign exchange reserves have been exposed to a number of external and internal drains. Its exports declined by 21 percent from peak to trough. Bank deposits declined by more than 20 percent in late 2008â€“early 2009, while deposit...

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Job Creation : Why Some Countries Do Better

International Monetary Fund - 2000

Over the past decade, the United States has been very successful atcreating jobs. Some other industrial countries have clearly lagged behind. But what is the reason why some countries are more successful than others at creating employment? Are there common factors that explainjob creation? This...

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Employment Effects of Growth Rebalancing in China

International Monetary Fund - 2009

This paper gauges the potential effects on employment of rebalancing China''s exportoriented growth model toward domestic demand, particularly private consumption. Shifting to a private consumption-led growth likely means more demand for existing and new services as well as reorienting the...

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Resource windfalls, macroeconomic stability and growth : the role of political institutions

Arezki, Rabah - 2011

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Compensatory financing of export fluctuations : a report on compensatory financing of the fluctuations in exports of primary exporting countries

International Monetary Fund - 1963

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Market Access for Developing Country Exports : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2002

In this paper, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have drawn together available research findings on the benefits of trade liberalization as well as on the obstacles to trade-oriented development

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Macroeconomic and Sectoral Effects of Terms-Of-Trade Shocks : The Experience of the Oil-Exporting Developing Countries

International Monetary Fund - 1999

This paper investigates the impact of long-run terms-of-trade shocks. Analytically, we show that, if capital goods are largely importable or the labor supply is sufficiently elastic, then natural-resource booms increase aggregate investment and worsen the current account, but Dutch ‘Disease’...

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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting : U.S.-Japan Comparison

International Monetary Fund - 1988

Using domestic and export price data and a framework of markup over cost, pricing behavior of U.S. and Japanese … manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than … American exporters, who tend to price to domestic cost. Japanese firms seem to price discriminate between domestic, and export …

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France : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2000

This paper presents an overview of the different methodologies that can be used to measure the amount of available slack in an economy. A comparison of these alternatives reveals that the evolution of the Nairu is crucial for understanding recent cyclical developments in the French economy. A...

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Czech Republic, Republic of Estonia, Hungary, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Poland, Slovak Republic, and Republic of Slovenia : Export Structure and Credit...

International Monetary Fund - 2006

Of the new members entering the European Union (EU) in May 2004, several had achieved a decade of impressive export …

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