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Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Fourth Tranche of Debt Service Relief in The Context of The Covid-19 Pandemic and Approval of Additional Beneficiary Member Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2021
The paper provides brief updates for each CCRT-eligible country on its policy responses to the pandemic and on staff's assessments of these policies, the use of resources freed up by debt service relief, and the implementation of governance safeguards commitments. The paper also provides an...
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The Global Economic and Financial Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic and the Role of the IMF
International Monetary Fund - 2006
This paper, prepared by a working group of IMF staff, provides a preliminary assessment of the risks and potential impact to the global economy and financial system from a possible avian flu pandemic, discusses the IMF’s role in helping member countries prepare their economic and financial...
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Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Second Tranche Of Debt Service Relief In The Context Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
International Monetary Fund - 2020
This paper proposes that the Executive Board approve the disbursement of a second 6-month tranche of CCRT debt service relief to 28 of the 29 members, covering the period October 14, 2020 through April 13, 2021, given staff's assessment that sufficient financial resources are available.2 In this...
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Macro Policy Lessons for a Sound Design of Fiscal Decentralization
International Monetary Fund - 2009
Fiscal decentralization has been, and remains high on the policy agenda of many countries. It is mainly driven by … disparities in incomes or resource endowments. More generally, decentralization pressures frequently reflect a desire for more … motivation, fiscal decentralization can have important macroeconomic implications. Therefore, Fund advice to member countries …
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Measuring Fiscal Decentralization : Exploring the IMF’s Databases
International Monetary Fund - 2011
empirical evidence about actual country practices. This paper presents data on fiscal decentralization for about 80 countries … for transition economies, the levels of decentralization are relatively stable over the time period. The findings are … factors identified in the literature as determining the extent of fiscal decentralization …
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Institutions Matter in Transition, But so do Policies
International Monetary Fund - 2000
This paper analyzes the importance of developing market-enhancing institutions for restoring economic growth in transition economies during 1991–98. The paper’s main finding is that the development of an institutional framework has indeed a significant positive impact on growth, but that...
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Health and Development
International Monetary Fund - 2004
The past century has been marked by rapid advances in human welfare. People in most parts of the world are healthier and are living longer. While this trend is likely to continue, hopes are fading in some regions where progress slowed or stopped in the1990s, primarily as a result of the AIDS...
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The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda Annual Meetings 2021 : Vaccinate, Calibrate, Accelerate
International Monetary Fund - 2021
Urgent policy action is needed to control the pandemic, limit scarring, and transform the global economy. The global recovery continues, thanks to unprecedented monetary, fiscal, and financial support over the past year. However, pandemic-induced divergences are persisting, driven by stark...
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Fiscal Monitor, April 2022 : Fiscal Policy from Pandemic to War
International Monetary Fund - 2022
Just as uncertainty associated with COVID-19 pandemic was abating, Russia invaded Ukraine. Uncertainty endured, shifting from pandemic to war, affecting all countries but in different ways. Above-target inflation rates and inflation surprises have helped reducing debt-to-GDP ratios but such...
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The Chair's Summing Up Independent Evaluation Office-The IMF's Emergency Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Monetary Fund - 2023
(IEO), which provides an early evaluation of the Fund's emergency response to the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to draw lessons from the experience for responding to possible future global crises. They highlighted the report's key finding that the Fund's response was effective...
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