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Corruption and Military Spending
International Monetary Fund - 2000
Anecdotal evidence relates corruption with high levels of military spending. This paper tests empirically whether such … the period 1985–98. The association between military spending and corruption is ascertained by using panel regression … techniques. The results suggest that corruption is indeed associated with higher military spending as a share of both GDP and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399916
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Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption in the Baltic and CIS Countries : The Role of the IMF
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Drawing on recent examples of corruption in the Baltics and former Soviet Union, this pamphlet analyzes the links … between governance and corruption, and emphasizes the high economic cost that corruption exacts. The pamphlet outlines how the … IMF is working with the countries of the former Soviet Union to curb corruption, and put in place the regulatory and legal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399845
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Roads to Nowhere : How Corruption in Public investment Hurts Growth
International Monetary Fund - 1998
kickbacks these projectspresent. This paper contends that such corruption increases the numberof capital projects undertaken and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409386
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Per Jacobsson Lecture : What Financial System for the Twenty-First Century?
International Monetary Fund - 2011
This paper describes a financial system that should be adopted for the 21st century. The paper highlights that the financial crisis of 2008 has raised fundamental questions about how the financial industry is structured, managed, and regulated. The paper discusses that a well-functioning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397983
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Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Volume 3
International Monetary Fund - 2005
The Legal Department and the Institute of the IMF held their eighth biennial seminar for legal advisers of central banks of member countries on May 7-17,2000. The papers presented in this volume are based on presentations made by the seminar participants. The seminar covered a broad range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399623
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The State of Public Finances Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor : November 2009
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper highlights the state of Public Finances Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor. This edition of the Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor provides an update of global fiscal developments and policy strategies, based on projections from the November 2009 WEO. These projections reflect the assessment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400997
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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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Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Volume 2
International Monetary Fund - 2003
The papers published in this volume are based on an IMF seminar held in 2000 that covered a broad range of topics on monetary and financial law, such as the liberalization of capital movements, data dissemination, responsibilities of central banks, and the IMF’s goals in financial surveillance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401920
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A Status Updateon Fiscal Exit Strategies
International Monetary Fund - 2010
With a modest recovery in the global economy underway, and amid rising concerns about the sharp increase in government debt in several countries, debate has increasingly focused on the need to identify and implement fiscal exit strategies. This paper reviews the medium-term plans of 25 countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402652
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Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Volume 1
International Monetary Fund - 1999
The papers published in this volume are based on an IMF seminar held in 1988 covering a broad range of topics dealing with monetary and financial law. Topics presented at the seminar focused on the liberalization of capital movements, data dissemination, the IMF's goals in financial surveillance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402790