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Japan's Household Savings Rate : An Application of the Life-Cycle Hypothesis

International Monetary Fund - 1987

This paper develops and tests a model of Japan’s household savings rate, based on the life-cycle hypothesis that the … primary motive for savings is provision for retirement. The paper shows that Japan’s high household savings rate in recent … improvements in public pension benefits and the aging of the population. It projects that the savings rate will decline …

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Urban and Rural Household Savings in China

International Monetary Fund - 1988

Household savings behavior in China during the past 30 years has been studied by using econometric models with the time …

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Portugal : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This technical note on Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy for Portugal explains investor protection and corporate governance. Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM) is the regulator in charge on ensuring compliance with disclosure issues as well as the corporate...

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Australia : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This study reviews selected issues on investor protection and corporate governance in Australia, and concludes that the corporate governance framework for Australian-listed companies is largely healthy and dynamic. Shareholder activism is an important element of corporate governance because it...

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Jamaica Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy

International Monetary Fund - 2015

This technical note is based on a mission conducted from April 24 to May 9, 2014 to Kingston and other parts of Jamaica. The mission also conducted a short mystery shopping exercise with the assistance of a representative from the national consumer’s league. Valuable comments on the draft note...

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Maintenance of the gold value of the fund's assets

Gold, Joseph - 1965

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Guidelines for Investing PRG, PRG-HIPC, and CCR Trusts Assets

International Monetary Fund - 2017

On March 22, 2017, the Executive Board adopted the Guidelines for Investing PRG, PRG-HIPC, and CCR Trust Assets (the 'Guidelines') to establish the investment objectives and policies to guide the investment of assets of the PRG, PRG-HIPC, and CCR Trusts (the'Trusts') which are available for...

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Guidelines For Investing PRG, PRG-HIPC, and CCR Trust Assets

International Monetary Fund - 2022

Guidelines for Investing PRG, PRG-HIPC, and CCR Trust Assets (the "Guidelines"), which were adopted on March 22, 2017, were further amended on January 12, 2022, by the Executive Board of the IMF. The Guidelines establish the investment objectives and policies to guide the investment of assets of...

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Maintenance of the Gold Value of the Fund's Assets

International Monetary Fund - 1971

This paper discusses Article IV, Section 8 of the Articles of Agreement which states the requirement of maintenance of the gold value of the IMF's assets. Each member of the IMF is bound to maintain the gold value of the IMF's holdings of the member's currency notwithstanding changes in the par...

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Australia : selected issues

Schule, Werner; Jauregui, Juan; Sun, Yan; Basu, Suman - 2011

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