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China's Changing Trade Elasticities
Aziz, Jahangir; Li, Xiangming - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
China's sectoral trade composition, product quality mix, and import content of processing exports have all changed … very wide. All this suggests greater caution in using historical data to simulate the response of the China's economy to … external shocks and exchange rate changes. Analyses based on models whose estimated coefficients largely reflect the China of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263876
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Chile; Trade Performance,Trade Liberalization, and Competitiveness
Monfort, Brieuc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper analyses the evolution of Chile's trade between 1990 and 2007, studying in particular the impact of trade liberalization in addition to traditional price and demand determinants. The results show that export and import flows are mainly responsive to external and domestic demand, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825996
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Ghana; Economic Development in a Democratic Environment
Harnack, Joachim; Leite, Sérgio Pereira.; Fabrizio, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767349
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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth
Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767351
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Australia; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Australia has implemented wide-ranging structural reforms and strengthened the frameworks for monetary and fiscal policies over the past two decades. As a result, Australia’s economic expansion is now in its 14th year, with growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599095
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External Performance in Low-Income Countries
Prati, Alessandro; Ricci, Luca Antonio; Christiansen, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Assessments of exchange rate misalignments and external imbalances for low-income countries are challenging because methodologies developed for advanced and emerging economies cannot be automatically applied to poorer nations. This paper uses a large database, unique in the set of indicators and...
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Aid, Exports, and Growth; A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis
Kang, Joong Shik; Prati, Alessandro; Rebucci, Alessandro - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We use a heterogeneous panel VAR model identified through factor analysis to study the dynamic response of exports, imports, and per capita GDP growth to a “global” aid shock. We find that a global aid shock can affect exports, imports, and growth either positively or negatively. As a...
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Central African Economic and Monetary Community; Staff Report on Common Policies of Member Countries; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion;...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Macroeconomic developments benefited from oil windfalls, but structural problems still impede non-oil growth. Fiscal and external balances improved in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) because of the surge in oil prices and better fiscal management. Oil-related reserve...
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Trade Reform in the CEMAC; Developments and Opportunities
Tsangarides, Charalambos G.; Martijn, Jan Kees - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper provides an update on the main elements of the reform agenda concerning the CEMAC trade regime as well as a tentative quantitative assessment of selected effects on tariff revenues and trade patterns. Notwithstanding data limitations, the key messages from the analysis are as follows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605078
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The Gambia; Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
An assessment is provided of The Gambia’s performance in meeting the requirements for reaching the completion point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative is provided. Next, the paper reviews the status of creditor participation and presents an updated debt...
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