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Colonial Origins, Institutions and Economic Performance in the Caribbean; Guyana and Barbados
DaCosta, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The countries that were once British colonies in the Caribbean share a common language and a colonial history of slavery, dominance of a plantation-based sugar industry, and broadly similar government and administrative traditions. Following independence in the late-1960s economic strategies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263739
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Votingon the "Optimal" Size of Government
Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Viewing fiscal policies as the outcome of democratically resolved conflicts of households over public goods and taxes, the “economic model of politics” proposes a public choice approach, which does not rely on social welfare functions. With it, a country’s overall budget can be derived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264039
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Modeling Politics with Economics tools; A Critical Survey of the Literature
Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
Whereas the economics discipline possesses a highly refined theoretical apparatus to analyze the effects of government behaviour on the economy, it has not (yet) managed to fully develop a positively formulated "economic theory of politics" that would permit the integration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605269
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United States; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Detailed Assessment of Implementation of the IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulati...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper presents Detailed Assessment of the United States’s implementation of the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation. The general preconditions for effective securities regulation in the United States are...
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Nigeria; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation––Detailed Assessment of Compliance of the Basel Core Priciples for Effective Banking Supervision...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
in Nigeria. The assessment team reviewed the legal framework for banking supervision and held extensive discussions with … the staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). It is assessed that … Nigeria has recorded significant improvement in its level of compliance with the BCPs, which is attributed to the enhancement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244308
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Nigeria; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation––Technical Note of Banking Cross-Border Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Nigeria (CBN) should enhance further its work in improving cross-border supervision, including home-host coordination and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244542
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Nigeria: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Nigeria
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015
KEY ISSUES Context. Nigeria has a large and diverse economy that has achieved a decade of strong growth, averaging 6 ….8 percent a year. However, Nigeria still lags peers in critical infrastructure and has high rates of poverty and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245409
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Nigeria; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation––Technical Note on Stress Testing
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
To assess the financial stability in Nigeria, various stress tests and analytic processes were undertaken jointly by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245495
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Nigeria; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation––Technical Note on Crisis Management and Crisis Preparedness Frameworks
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
credible exit strategy. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has a broad resolution toolkit, which was put to use during the … crisis to resolve the intervened banks. The Nigerian authorities set up the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242485
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Nigeria: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242662