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Guinea-Bissau’s 2010 Article IV Consultation and request for a Three-Year Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility are discussed. Despite the difficult external environment and its political challenges, in 2009, Guinea-Bissau made progress in stabilizing its economy through the...
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Guinea’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) presented well-defined poverty reduction. The government should strengthen capacity to monitor policy and PRS outcomes to facilitate the central role of the PRS as both a policy document and a tool to coordinate policies. Strong...
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The Gambian economy showed strong growth and low inflation during the global crisis under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), despite a sharp drop in tourism and remittance receipts. Executive Directors appreciated the macroeconomic policy framework and stressed the importance of achieving the...
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This paper discusses key findings of the Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement for Mongolia. The paper assesses Mongolia’s progress in implementing its transition to a market economy, economic stabilization, and reform programs supported by the IMF during 1991–2004,...
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Our proposal draws on the premise that the availability of stable demand deposits for bank lending, in the process of which inside money is created, does not require any act of intentional saving. The mechanism allowing banks to lend deposits does not function well in low-income countries, owing...
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poverty reduction and inclusiveness in India. We explore the role of economic policies and macrofinancial conditions in …
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outward spillovers to and from India. The results show that output shocks emanating in globally systemic countries have … important global effects, but their impact on India is limited. It is found that shocks originating in India have relatively …
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economies (EMs) including India. The results suggest that a surge in global financial market volatility is transmitted very …
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This paper examines the determinants of female labor force participation in India, against the backdrop of India having … one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we … model the labor force participation choices of women, conditional on demographic characteristics and education, as well as …
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