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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409867
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Australia; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Australia has implemented wide-ranging structural reforms and strengthened the frameworks for monetary and fiscal policies over the past two decades. As a result, Australia’s economic expansion is now in its 14th year, with growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599095
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Does Globalization Lower Wages and Export Jobs?
International Monetary Fund - 1997
Increased globalization - the international integration of markets forgoods, technology, labor, and capital - has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058164
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On the Distributive Effects of Terms of Trade Shocks; The Role of Non-Tradable Goods
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
labor groups (skilled vs. unskilled) and not only between the "traditional" rural vs. urban factors. Finally, export taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727799
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Portugal; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper analyzes Portugal’s export performance in 2006 and assesses whether it might augur a … sustained recovery. The paper examines the factors underlying the recent export rebound, and searches for signs of fundamental … changes in structures of the export industries during the last decade. It highlights the importance of labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244471
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Germany; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
For more than a decade, growth in Germany has been subdued and uneven. This paper introduces the stylized facts pertaining to the strength in exports, the weakness in domestic demand, and the surge in the current account. It discusses the adjustment undertaken in the private sector and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244845
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The Gambia; Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
An assessment is provided of The Gambia’s performance in meeting the requirements for reaching the completion point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative is provided. Next, the paper reviews the status of creditor participation and presents an updated debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245106
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Malta; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Malta
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
foreign direct investment, export diversification, and value-added upgrading. Financial soundness indicators held up in 2007 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245584
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Bangladesh; Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criteria, Activation of the...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper discusses Bangladesh’s Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criteria. Bangladesh’s macroeconomic policies have been prudent. December 2003 quantitative targets and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768437
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Hungary; An Economic Survey
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1982
This paper presents an overview of the economy of Hungary. The paper highlights that during the Fifth Five-Year Plan (1976–80), actual growth rates for almost all major plan aggregates remained below the targets. The lower targets set for the increase in both consumption and investment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590940