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FDI Flows to Low-Income Countries; Global Drivers and Growth Implications
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
What accounts for variations in FDI flows from advanced to developing countries? How have FDI inflows explained cross … drivers of FDI outflows to low-income countries in the pre-crisis period; (ii) economic fundamentals, the strength of economic … reforms, and commitment to macroeconomic discipline are crucial determinants of the growth dividends of FDI. Our paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560450
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Risk Instability and the Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East and North Africa Region
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper demonstrates that instability associated with investment risk is critical in explaining the level of foreign direct investment for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, which generally have higher investment risk than developed countries. The empirical results support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769030
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Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This study examines the determinants of entry into by foreign firms, using information on 515 Chinese industries at the provincial level during 1998-2001. The analysis, rooted in the new economic geography, focuses on market and supplier access within and outside the province of entry, as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605161
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Sustaining Long-Run Growth and Macroeconomic Stability in Low-Income Countries : The Role of Structural Transformation and Diversification
International Monetary Fund - 2014
Diversification and structural transformation play important roles in influencing the macroeconomic performance of low-income countries (LICs). Increases in income per capita at early stages of development are typically accompanied by a transformation in a country's production and export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410661
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Sustaining Long-Run Growth and Macroeconomic Stability in Low Income Countries : The Role of Structural Transformation and Diversification
International Monetary Fund - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410689
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Mexico; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Mexico is an open economy with strong real and financial links to the rest of the world with risks of spillovers from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243318
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Savings, Investment, and Growth in Mexico : Five Years After the Crisis
International Monetary Fund - 1989
Despite Mexico’s recent remarkable progress in adjusting its fiscal and external accounts and in restructuring its … economy, the recovery of growth has remained elusive. This paper reviews some aspects of Mexico’s recent performance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396459
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Wage Compression, Employment Restrictions and Unemployment; The Case of Mauritius
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
Governments often intervene in labor markets with the aim of reducing inequality and promoting employment. Such intervention often results in wage compression and restrictions on how firms use their workers. This paper investigates the impact of such interventions on the labor market conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826536
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Italy; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Italy
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
Italy’s 2008 Article IV Consultation describes the country's economic developments and policies. Output has been projected to contract by about ½ percent in 2008 and 1 percent in 2009, with risks tilted to the downside, linked to a further slowing of global growth and falling consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243865
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People's Republic of China; Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Selected Issues.
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
the impact of competition from Brazil and Mexico, China’s closed capital account and capital flows to emerging markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245636