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Central America; Global Integration and Regional Cooperation
Rodlauer, Markus; Schipke, Alfred - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Central America has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. This paper examines—among other things—the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA-DR), noting that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252532
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Trade, Growth, and Poverty; A Selective Survey
Berg, Andrew; Krueger, Anne O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263804
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What Explains Germany's Rebounding Export Market Share?
Joutz, Frederick L.; Danninger, Stephan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Germany's export market share increased since 2000, while most industrial countries experienced declines. This study …). An export model is estimated covering the period 1993-2005. The dominant factors explaining the increase in market share … are trade relationships with fast growing countries and regionalized production in the export sector. Improved cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264234
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Africa's Oil Abundance and External Competitiveness; Do Institutions Matter?
Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
oil-exporting developing countries, and investigates reasons for systematic differences in the non-oil export performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826047
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Changing Nature of North-South Linkages; Stylized Facts and Explanations
Akin, Çigdem; Kose, M. Ayhan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper examines the changing nature of growth spillovers between developed economies, the North, and developing countries, the South, driven by the process of globalization?the phenomenon of rising international trade and financial flows. We use a comprehensive database of macroeconomic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769105
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The Dominican Republic; Stabilization, Structural Reform, and Economic Growth
Cardoso, Jaime; Young, Philip M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590873
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A Currency Union for the Caribbean
Worrell, DeLisle - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
The experiences of Caribbean Economic Community countries show that exchange rate depreciation in these countries is inflationary, and that, while changes in the relative prices of tradables may affect exports, tourism, and imports, nominal exchange rate changes have no predictable effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599271
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Does Import Protection Discourage Exports?
Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper points out that while many developing countries seek to increase their export earnings, they have not … embraced fully the notion that their own pattern of import protection hurts their export performance. The paper quantifies the … extent to which import protection acts as a tax on a country's export sector and finds that for many developing countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599612
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How Has Nafta Affected the Mexican Economy? Review and Evidence
Kose, M. Ayhan; Towe, Christopher M.; Meredith, Guy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of NAFTA on growth and business cycles in Mexico. The effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners, and its impact on Mexican economic growth and business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599680
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Rebalancing; Evidence from Current Account Adjustment in Europe
Atoyan, Ruben; Manning, Jonathan F; Rahman, Jesmin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
After the 2003-2007 economic boom, European countries with large pre-crisis current account imbalances are undergoing adjustments. Countries are adjusting at different paces and ways reflecting the source and magnitude of imbalances, availability of financing, competitiveness of the tradable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242288