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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paperâ€”Mid-Term Development Strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

Poverty risk is most marked for children, displaced persons and returnees, unemployed, and people with low education. Basic goals of the macroeconomic framework of the mid-term development strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina are to reduce the overall public expenditures, lower the public debt,...

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The Macroeconomic Impact of Healthcare Financing Alternatives; Reform Options forhong Kong Sar

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

With much healthcare publicly funded, Hong Kong's rapidly aging population will significant raise fiscal pressure over coming decades. We ask what the implications are of meeting these costs by public funding, or private funding voluntarily or through mandates. Our simulations suggest that...

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Spain : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Housing Prices, Household Debt, and Financial Stability

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This report reviews the macroeconomic determinants of the rapid growth in the Spanish housing market, including various policy elements. It examines the vulnerabilities of households' finances as a result of the rapid growth of housing prices and mortgage debt. It also describes the Spanish...

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Spain : Vulnerabilities of Private Sector Balance Sheets and Risks to the Financial Sector Technical Notes

International Monetary Fund - 2012

This technical note assesses the vulnerabilities of household and corporate sector balance sheets and quantifies the … Spanish financial stability arising from household indebtedness. The analysis expands the use of microlevel data to assess … household vulnerabilities, distinguishing between indebted and nonindebted households as well as accounting for the allocation …

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Republic of Serbia Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Corporate and Household Debt Restructuring

International Monetary Fund - 2009

Nonperforming Loans (NPLs) in the banking system constituted 16.5 percent of total loans, owing primarily to the corporate sector. The Credit Bureau, maintained by the Association of Serbian Banks, also discloses dramatic increases in corporate and retail defaults over the past year. NPL...

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Republic of Serbia : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note on Corporate and Household Debt Restructuring

International Monetary Fund - 2010

This Technical Note assesses Corporate and Household Debt Restructuring in Serbia. As of June 2009, nonperforming loans …

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Republic of Slovenia; Financial System Stability Assessment Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Insurance Supervision

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This paper presents a Financial System Stability Assessment Update for Slovenia, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision and Insurance Supervision. The Slovenian financial system appears sound overall but faces new challenges and risks with European...

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Ghana; Financial System Stability Assessment Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Regulation, and Securities Regulation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

The main vulnerabilities in the financial sector can be found in the banking system and the social security fund (SSNIT). The Ghanaian financial sector is also confronted by a large number of development challenges. The factual updates of Ghanaâ€™s observance of the three international...

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Austria; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update Technical Note: Factual Update and Analysis of the IAIS Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

This technical note highlights Austriaâ€™s analysis of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors Insurance Core Principles. The Austrian economy generally performed well over the past several years, with growth above the euro-area average, falling unemployment, and low...

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Germany; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance on Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Insurance regulation and supervision is of a high standard, and most of the enhancements suggested have been put in place. Further enhancements will be required, in the context of the forthcoming introduction of Solvency II requirements, in such areas as the frequency of onsite inspections, the...

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