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Capital flows have increased significantly in recent years and are a key aspect of the global monetary system. They offer potential benefits to countries, but their size and volatility can also pose policy challenges. The Fund needs to be in a position to provide clear and consistent advice with...
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The Institutional View (IV) on the Liberalization and Management of Capital Flows, adopted in 2012, provides the basis for consistent advice, and where relevant, assessments on policies related to capital flows. This paper reviews the IV, informed by advances in research, notably the work on an...
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Pakistan undertook major financial sector reforms starting in the late 1980s. The effects of these reforms on the …
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adjustment policies. Bank portfolio weakness can limit the flexibility of interest rate policy, the scope of financial reforms …
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crises and the effectiveness of measures to deal with the problems. The linkages between deregulation of the financial sector …
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these reforms. The structure of each case study is similar, with each one providing the context of the reform and a … description of the reforms; discussion of the impact of the reform on energy prices or subsidies and its success or failure …This supplement presents country case studies reviewing energy subsidy reform experiences, which are the basis for the …
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This Selected Issues paper analyzes sustaining potential growth in Aruba. As in the other Caribbean countries, there are growing concerns in Aruba about the slowdown in economic growth over the past two decades and the consequent tepid outlook for potential growth. Tackling such concerns...
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This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nigeria highlights the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). NEEDS gives special support to agriculture, industry, small and medium-scale enterprises, and oil and gas. Under the plan, the government will seek long-term capital...
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We show that US natural gas prices have decoupled from oil prices following substantial institutional and technological changes. We then examine how this interrelationship has evolved in Europe using data for Algeria, one of Europe’s key gas suppliers. Taking into account total gas...
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