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Italy : Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System
International Monetary Fund - 2007
The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in …. The degree of competition falls within the range of estimates for a set of comparator countries. Greater contestability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400137
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Competition in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2005
It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial … competitive conditions and earns revenues as if under monopolistic competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400691
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Competitiveness in the Baltics in the Run-Up to EU Accession
International Monetary Fund - 2003
This paper analyzes competitiveness in the Baltics in the run-up to European Union accession. Several factors appear to have driven movements in equilibrium real exchange rates in the Baltics since the start of the transition process. In the earlier years of transition, price liberalization,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407140
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Republic of Kazakhstan : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Technical Note—Bank Profitability and Competition
International Monetary Fund - 2004
competition in the banking sector. In spite of significant gains in efficiency made in recent years, operational costs and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407263
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Assessing Competitiveness Using Industry Unit Labor Costs : An Application to Slovakia
International Monetary Fund - 2012
Conceptual ambiguities and statistical weaknesses hamper the assessment of external competitiveness. The term competitiveness, while applied extensively, is often imprecisely defined, which can result in analytical errors and mistaken policy advice. Furthermore, aggregate statistical measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396613
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Republic of Mozambique; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report: Review of the Economic and Social Plan for 2007
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Annual Progress Report reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and Economic and Social Plan for 2007 for Mozambique. The report presents the new simplified structure adopted in the Review of the First Half of 2007. In the international context, the evolution of the international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244337
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Guinea-Bissau; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This paper presents the Joint Staff Advisory Note on Guinea-Bissau’s Second National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II) covering 2011–15. The PRSP II, adopted by the government in July 2011, provides the framework for the implementation of a comprehensive strategy aimed at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244799
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Union of the Comoros; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Union of the Comoros’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRGS) paper reports that the government’s macroeconomic objectives under the PRGS framework entail preserving major economic equilibria. To increase control over government spending, the government intends to reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244800
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Burkina Faso; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) prepared by the Burkinabè government forms the principal benchmark for all development actors, and reaffirms the urgency of attacking poverty from a structural perspective. It is the primary tool for coordination of all interventions and of public aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244817
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Growth and Transformation Plan 2010/11-2014/15: Volume I
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This strategic paper discusses Ethiopia’s growth and transformation plan (GTP) for the periods 2010/2011 and 2014/2015. The Ethiopian government’s main development agenda has been poverty eradication. The government has designed, and is implementing, strategies, policies, and plans...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244884