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Macroeconomics and Famine
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The aim of the paper is to shift the focus of famine analysis away from food supply towards the macroeconomic determinants of food entitlement—i.e., to the ability of individuals to purchase food. Towards this end, we develop a model to demonstrate how loose monetary and fiscal policies may...
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Some Microeconomics of Fiscal Deficit Reductions : The Case of Tax Expenditures
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper considers the merits of reducing or eliminating some specific tax expenditure measures currently in force in the United States with a view to reducing the federal fiscal deficit. The paper starts from the observation that savings decisions in the United States are distorted and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396455
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El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Payments, Remittances, and Securities Settlement Systems
International Monetary Fund (contributor);  … - International Monetary Fund - 2010
payments, remittances, and securities settlement processes in El Salvador, based on international standards and best practices …
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Kiribati : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 2009
an important source of revenue. It also analyzes recent developments and the outlook for remittances to Kiribati, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404533
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Central America : Structural Foundations for Regional Financial Integration
International Monetary Fund - 2006
worker remittances. It addresses the many common policy challenges facing Central American countries--Costa Rica, El Salvador …
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Cape Verde : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2008
changing structure of Cape Verde’s balance-of-payments financing calls for a closer look at the volatility of remittances and … their role as an absorber of economic shocks. The paper finds that compared with other external inflows, remittances … seems to be gradually fading, and remittances are becoming increasingly procyclical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406817
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Cape Verde : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund - 2005
The Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix on Cape Verde review determinants of emigrant deposits (ED). EDs have provided a substantial source of foreign exchange to the Cape Verdean economy, and have been vital in maintaining the fixed exchange rate. Prospects for growth in Cape Verde...
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Regulatory Frameworks for Hawala and Other Remittance Systems
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Hawala and other remittance systems have gained attention in recent years with the substantial growth of remittance flows from countries with large migrant labor forces and with increased focus on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The IMF and the World Bank have been...
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Are Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows a Hedge Against Food Price Shocks?
International Monetary Fund - 2012
This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilising dynamic panel data specifications, the econometric results yield two important findings. First, remittance and aid...
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An Empirical ""Dependent Economy"" Model for Pakistan
International Monetary Fund - 1991
particular, the contribution that external inflows, in the form of workers’ remittances and concessional lending, may have made …
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