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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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Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Joint Staff Advisory Note focuses on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Kenya. Kenyaâ€™s second …

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The Big Split: Why Did Output Trajectories in the ASEAN-4 Diverge after the Global Financial Crisis?

Isnawangsih, Agnes; Klyuev, Vladimir; Zhang, Longmei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Philippines was larger and was sustained longer. Third, idiosyncratic factors pushed output up in Indonesia and down in Thailand …, however, was not uniform. Even in a relatively homogenous group of countries such as ASEAN-4 (Indonesia, Malaysia, the … Philippines and Thailand), there were considerable differences both in terms of instantaneous impact of the crisis and in terms of …

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Infrastructure and Income Distribution in ASEAN-5; What are the Links?

Seneviratne, Dulani; Sun, Yan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Adequate infrastructure has long been viewed as an important factor in economic development. Based on regressions covering 76 advanced and emerging market economies, this paper estimates the impact of infrastructure and investment on income distribution. It finds that better infrastructure, both...

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Zambia: 2013 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that The Zambian economy has performed well in recent years, with strong growth and modest inflation, and has high growth potential. The government has resolved to step up development by scaling up investment in infrastructure. The current fiscal...

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Inclusive Growth; An Application of the Social Opportunity Function to Selected African Countries

Adedeji, Olumuyiwa; Du, Huancheng; Opoku-Afari, Maxwell - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The inclusiveness of growth depends on the extent of access to economic and social opportunities. This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function,...

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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...

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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 1960â€“2010, using a dynamic panel estimation approach based on the system-generalized method of moments. In addition to an array of demographic,...

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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...

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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...

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