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Integrating IMF Communications and Operations
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Transparency and communication have become central to the IMF's mission. The main thesis is that an important means of … further strengthening the IMF's external communication in the period ahead will be better coordination and integration of … communication with the IMF's policies and operations, especially in country work and for major policy initiatives and issues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409803
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The IMF's Communication Strategy
International Monetary Fund - 2007
the IMF's Medium-Term Strategy, further integrate communications with operations, raise the impact of communication tools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410125
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Review of the IMF's Communications Strategy
International Monetary Fund - 2014
communication in a world where demand for Fund services continues to rise. Second, doing more to assess the impact of IMF …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410655
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Customs Administration Reform and Modernization in anglophone Africa; Early 1990's to Mid-2010
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Anglophone African countries have been implementing reform and modernization initiatives in their Customs administrations. This paper outlines the progression of key reform and modernization initiatives in these countries since the early 1990s, and assesses the gap between these reforms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203523
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Elasticity Optimism
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
In most macroeconomic models, the substitutability between domestic and foreign goods is calibrated using aggregated data. This imposes homogeneous elasticities across goods, and the calibration is only valid under this assumption. If elasticities are heterogeneous, the aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561068
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Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
within and outside the province of entry, as well as production and trade costs. The results indicate that market and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605161
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Mauritius; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper assesses the external competitiveness of Mauritius over the period 1980–2007, with particular attention to the most recent years. The paper estimates the equilibrium real exchange rate using the macroeconomic balance approach, the single-equation equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242477
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New Zealand; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper analyzes whether cyclical factors, including the large real exchange rate appreciation in recent years in New Zealand, can account for the rapidity of the recent rise in import penetration, or whether more lasting structural changes, such as the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243758
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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Afghanistan National Development Strategy: First Annual Report (2008/09)
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper discusses key findings of the First Annual Report (2008/09) on the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS). The economic and security situation was particularly challenging during the first year of ANDS implementation (1387 or 2008/09) owing to rapid increases in food and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245278
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Nigeria; 2004 Semi-Annual Staff Report Under Intensified Surveillance
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper reviews the 2004 Semiannual IMF Staff Report Under Intensified Surveillance for Nigeria. Overall economic performance in the first half of 2004 was commendable. The implementation of sound macroeconomic policies, underpinned by a conservative reference oil price and savings of the oil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825050