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Financial System Abuse, Financial Crime and Money Laundering : Background Paper
International Monetary Fund - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409911
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Financial Intelligence Units : An Overview
International Monetary Fund - 2004
drug trafficking and, more recently, as a critical element in fighting organized crime, corruption, and the financing of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399297
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Competition in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2005
It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400691
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Interest Rate Volatility and Risk in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2004
The easing of controls on interest rates has led to higher interest rate volatility in India. Hence, there is a need to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404135
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Georgia : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2011
internal drains. Its exports declined by 21 percent from peak to trough. Bank deposits declined by more than 20 percent in late …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401170
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Oil Rents, Corruption, and State Stability : Evidence From Panel Data Regressions
International Monetary Fund - 2009
We examine the effects of oil rents on corruption and state stability exploiting the exogenous within-country variation … increase in oil rents significantly increases corruption, significantly deteriorates political rights while at the same time … redistribution and conflict. We support our argument documenting that there is a significant effect of oil rents on corruption in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402218
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Georgia : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2006
This Selected Issues paper reviews the financial sector development in Georgia in recent years, and investigates why it has lagged behind economic development, as well as developments in more advanced transition economies. The paper briefly reviews recent financial sector development in Georgia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405573
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Georgia : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 2003
The econometric results show that it is feasible to estimate robust price and inflation equations for Georgia. The long-term price equation expresses prices as a function of money, the exchange rate, and real income and may be interpreted as portraying equilibrium in the goods market. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406542
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Addressing Corruption Openly
International Monetary Fund - 2016
This paper outlines the IMF's perspective on the economic impact of corrup-tion and experience in helping countries … design and implement strategies to address it. Corruption has a broader corrosive impact on society. It undermines trust in … influence and political interference. Corruption afflicts countries at all stages of development. Indeed, some developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408053
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Roads to Nowhere : How Corruption in Public investment Hurts Growth
International Monetary Fund - 1998
kickbacks these projectspresent. This paper contends that such corruption increases the numberof capital projects undertaken and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409386