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The WTO and the Poorest Countries; The Stark Reality
Mattoo, Aaditya; Subramanian, Arvind - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Small and poor countries pose a challenge for the World Trade Organization (WTO). These countries have acquired a significant say in WTO decision-making. However, they have limited ability to engage in the reciprocity game that is at the heart of the WTO, and have limited interests in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599545
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Integrating Poor Countries into the World Trading System
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries’ trade policies and their development strategies. However, although greater trade openness promises faster growth for poor countries, it also presents risks to those with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142205
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Financial Integration and Risk-Adjusted Growth Opportunities
Ivaschenko, Iryna V.; Nicoló, Gianni De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
integration and improved real prospects are mutually reinforcing. Third, financial integration predicts globalization but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263723
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How Does Financial Globalization Affect Risk Sharing? Patterns and Channels
Terrones, Marco; Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international … outcomes during the recent period of globalization. Developing countries have, by and large, been shut out of this benefit. The … why emerging markets have not been able to realize this presumed benefit of financial globalization. In particular, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263747
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Financial Globalization; A Reappraisal
Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar; Rogoff, Kenneth; Wei, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The literature on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in recent … macroeconomic effects of financial globalization, in terms of both growth and volatility. Overall, our critical reading of the … financial globalization, but with many nuances. On the other hand, there is little systematic evidence to support widely cited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263828
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Global Business Cycles; Convergence or Decoupling?
Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar; Otrok, Christopher - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825794
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The Implications of Trade Barriers for Sectoral Diversification and Macroeconomic Stability in Developing Economies
Srour, Gabriel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The paper examines the implications of lower trade barriers for sectoral diversification and macroeconomic stability in developing economies with a large primary goods sector. It shows that lower trade barriers can have ambiguous effects on macroeconomic stability. It shows also that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768953
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Effects of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries; Some Empirical Evidence
Kose, M. Ayhan; Rogoff, Kenneth; Prasad, Eswar; Wei, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
in affecting developing countries’ experiences with financial globalization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590880
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The Elusive Gains From International Financial Integration
Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Jeanne, Olivier - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Standard theoretical arguments tell us that countries with relatively little capital benefit from financial integration as foreign capital flows in and speeds up the process of income convergence. We show in a calibrated neoclassical model that conventionally measured welfare gains from this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605034
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Capital Flows are Fickle; Anytime, Anywhere
Bluedorn, John C; Duttagupta, Rupa; Guajardo, Jaime; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Has the unprecedented financial globalization of recent years changed the behavior of capital flows across countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242219