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Enhancing China’s Medium-Term Growth Prospects; The Path to a High-Income Economy
Nabar, Malhar; Papa M'B. P. N'Diaye - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
from its continued reliance on capital accumulation, China can grow at a healthy pace and maintain its convergence toward … the level of high income economies. Evidence from China’s provinces indicates that there is room to improve productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242319
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Potential Growth in Emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul; Cheng, Kevin C.; Rehman, Sidra; Zhang, Longmei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and … Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in … potential growth, largely reflecting a decline of total factor productivity (TFP) growth; (ii) by contrast, trend growth for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142066
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Portugal; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242466
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Germany's Corporate Governance Reforms; Has the System Become Flexible Enough?
Odenius, Jürgen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This article reviews Germany's corporate governance system and the effectiveness of recent reforms. Since the early 1990s far-reaching reforms have complemented the traditional stakeholder system with important elements of the shareholder system. Instead of taking a view on the superiority of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263885
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Emerging Markets in Transition: Growth Prospects and Challenges
Cubeddu, Luis M.; Culiuc, Alexander; Fayad, Ghada; Gao, Yuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
After a short-lived slowdown in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis and a swift rebound, emerging markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the post-crisis peak of 2010-11, as well as the rates seen in the decade before the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878427
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Paraguay; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Paraguay’s economy recently experienced particularly large output swings. Economic policies will play a critical role in raising investment by making sure that macroeconomic stability is maintained. The spillovers from the agricultural sector to the rest of the economy are limited. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244461
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Republic of Estonia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This Selected Issues paper focuses on financing constraints and productivity in Estonia. The paper examines two …-level total factor productivity (TFP)? These questions are particularly important in the current environment, in which credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244501
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Switzerland; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: The Swiss Banking System: Structure, Performance, and Medium-Term Challenges
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This technical note discusses the banking system structure, performance, and medium-term challenges for Switzerland. The note discusses that the Swiss banking sector has been undergoing a substantial consolidation over the last 10 years, but retains a rich collection of institutional types...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244615
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Denmark; 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The global financial crisis hit Denmark hard, and the recovery has been slow and unsteady. Denmark’s slow growth predates the recent economic crisis, and the economy has underperformed its regional peers. The current account remains in surplus, largely reflecting weak domestic demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244874
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Namibia: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper explores the question of what kind of structural policies could boost productivity growth in … trade openness are necessary for productivity growth, they are not sufficient. SMICs need to improve the quality of their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244906