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Institutional Models for Macroprudential Policy
Nier, Erlend; Jácome, Luis Ignacio; Osinski, Jacek; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
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Guinea; Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Extended Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2011–12 and the 2011 Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Strategy Paper (PRSP) to the Executive Boards of the two institutions. The objective of the JSAN is to provide focused, frank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244078
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Designing a Fiscal Framework for a Prospective Commodity Producer: Options for Lebanon
Jarmuzek, Mariusz; Puyo, Diego Mesa; Nakhle, Najla - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
gas producer over the next decade. Lebanon’s economy and institutions will thus need to adapt to the challenges and … and develop the sector. This step should be followed by setting macro-fiscal anchors and supporting institutions. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142201
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Côte d’Ivoire; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Côte d’Ivoire's government decided on the National Development Plan to give a new impetus to its development policy. This new strategy is based on an ambitious and realistic recovery and development program centered on private and public investment. The institutional monitoring framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244156
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Why Complementarity Matters for Stability—Hong Kong SAR and Singapore as Asian Financial Centers
Lesle, Vanessa Le; Ohnsorge, Franziska; Kim, Minsuk; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
There is much speculation regarding a “race for dominance†among financial centers in Asia, arising from the anticipated financial opening up of China. This frame of reference is, to an extent, a predilection that results from a traditional understanding of financial centers as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123826
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Breaking the Curse of Sisyphus; An Empirical Analysis of Post-Conflict Economic Transitions
Cevik, Serhan; Rahmati, Mohammad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper provides a broad empirical analysis of the determinants of post-conflict economic transitions across the world during the period 1960–2010, using a dynamic panel estimation approach based on the system-generalized method of moments. In addition to an array of demographic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242246
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The Macroprudential Framework; Policy Responsiveness and Institutional Arrangements
Lim, Cheng Hoon; Krznar, Ivo; Lipinsky, Fabian; Otani, Akira - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper gauges if, and how, institutional arrangements are correlated with the use of macroprudential policy instruments. Using data from 39 countries, the paper evaluates policy response time in various types of institutional arrangements for macroprudential policy and finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242316
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Middle East Transitions: A Long, Hard Road
Yusuf, Shahid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Since the onset of the Arab Spring, economic uncertainty in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen (Arab Countries in Transition, ACTs) has slowed already sluggish growth; worsened unemployment, particularly of youth; undermined business confidence, affected tourist arrivals, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142081
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Reforming the Corporate Governance of Italian Banks
Jassaud, Nadège - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Sound corporate governance is essential for a well-functioning banking system and the integrity of financial markets …. The paper discusses the corporate governance of Italian banks, its regulatory framework, and the specific challenges … improving their corporate governance, more needs to be done. In this regard, further improvements should include: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959465
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Kenya; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
scandals. The governance agenda focuses on several reforms, including upgrading the public budget and financial management … systems, strengthening the anticorruption institutions, and improving the judicial framework. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244155