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The U.S. Health Care Industry : Performance and Issues
International Monetary Fund - 1990
This paper describes how economic behavior in the market for health care in the United States is influenced by a range … of impediments to the functioning of the price mechanism which impart an upward bias to health care costs and imply … efficiency losses. The paper also considers how to reform the health care sector, with particular emphasis on finding a way of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396199
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Health and Development
International Monetary Fund - 2004
years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco … property aspects of health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398460
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Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters
International Monetary Fund - 2015
The Fund's existing facilities for low-income countries (LICs) provide a vehicle for the speedy provision of financial assistance to member countries hit by natural disasters, either through the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) or through augmentation of the funding already being provided through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408661
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Canada; 2004 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
The government’s strong monetary and fiscal policy framework, as well as the structural reforms introduced, have enabled the Canadian economy to respond flexibly to recent shocks and laid a solid foundation for recovery. Macroeconomic policies should remain supportive, with fiscal policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825023
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Slovak Republic; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper on the Slovak Republic reviews efficiency and reform of the health sector. The immediate … challenge for the health care system in the Slovak Republic is to improve health sector outcomes while containing public health … spending. The Slovak health care system is decentralized, and the central government has limited control over decisions by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242841
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Czech Republic; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
The Czech economy has rebounded from the downturn owing to its strong fundamentals and the global recovery. Domestic demand has become self-sustaining since mid-2010. Fixed investment grew moderately in the second half of 2010, mostly on account of one-off factors. GDP has grown by 2.3 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242969
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Greece; Request for Stand-By Arrangement
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Greek real GDP has declined by 2 percent in 2009, and indicators suggest that activity will weaken further in 2010. With the deteriorating fiscal results came downgrades of government bonds by rating agencies, and investors started backing out of Greek bonds, driving up their yields. Impaired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243025
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Austria; 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Austr...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Increasing integration to the East has benefited the Austrian economy, but also created vulnerabilities that came to a head with the global financial crisis. The crisis has highlighted old challenges and created new ones that need to be addressed. The banking sector’s return to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243068
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Republic of Armenia; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper presents a Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Republic of Armenia’s Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). Armenia’s poverty and extreme poverty rates declined in 2006 to 26.5 percent and 4.1 percent of the population, respectively—results which surpassed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243243
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Portugal; Technical Assistance Report: Rethinking the State—Selected Expenditure Reform Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243335