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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 … 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 …
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Small States Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change : Role for the IMF
International Monetary Fund - 2016
Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. This reflects a higher frequency of disasters, adjusted for land area, as well as...
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Advancing the frontiers of monetary policy
Adrian, Tobias (ed.); Laxton, Douglas (ed.);  … - 2018
Inflation-forecast targeting is state of the art for monetary policy. This book explores first principles, including managing short-term policy trade-offs. The book also outlines efficient operational procedures and reviews the experiences of Canada, the Czech Republic, and India. The analysis...
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Consumer Price Index Manual : Theory and Practice
International Monetary Fund - 2004
The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over time. It is a key statistic for economic and social policymaking and has substantial and wide-ranging implications for governments, businesses, and households. This important and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400603
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Fiscal Implications of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This note reflects macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts presented with the April 2009 World Economic Outlook, as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401002
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Fiscal Implications of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis
International Monetary Fund - 2009
in commodity and asset prices, are leading to sharp increases in deficits and debt stocks around the world. Expansionary … on the April 2009 World Economic Outlook to quantify the fiscal implications of the crisis for a cross-section of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404400
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Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
International Monetary Fund - 2007
. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404799
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Exchange Rate Volatility and World Trade
International Monetary Fund - 1984
increase in protectionist pressures, and the disappointing performance of world trade, renewed concern has been expressed about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014406218
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Fiscal Decentralization and Governance : A Cross-Country Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 2001
Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of expenditure and revenue mobilization functions to subnational levels of government-is associated with various indicators of governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401240
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Oil Shocks and External Balances
International Monetary Fund - 2007
This paper studies the effects of demand and supply shocks in the global crude oil market on several measures of countries'' external balance, including the oil and non-oil trade balances, the current account, and changes in net foreign assets (NFA) during 1975-2004. We explicitly take a global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401265