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Vietnam; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This paper assesses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Vietnam, known as the Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS). It is an action program to achieve economic growth and poverty reduction objectives. This paper reviews the objectives and tasks of socio-economic...

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Do Remittances Reduce Aid Dependency?

Goff, Maelan Le; Kpodar, Kangni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Aid has been for decades an important source of financing for developing countries, but more recently remittance flows have increased rapidly and are beginning to dwarf aid flows. This paper investigates how remittances affect aid flows, and how this relationship varies depending on the channel...

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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges

Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Chinaâ€™s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in Chinaâ€™s...

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Belgium; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This Selected Issues paper analyzes fiscal devolution in Belgium. It examines long-term fiscal strategies for meeting the fiscal burden of population aging. The paper presents estimates of the fiscal costs of population aging in Belgium, and discusses their sensitivity to underlying assumptions....

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Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

Abdih, Yasser; Chami, Ralph; Ebeke, Christian; Barajas, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using panel data for remittance-receiving countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia,...

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Remittances and Vulnerability in Developing Countries

Bettin, Giulia; Presbitero, Andrea; Spatafora, Nicola - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper examines how international remittances are affected by structural characteristics, macroeconomic conditions, and adverse shocks in both source and recipient economies. We exploit a novel, rich panel data set, covering bilateral remittances from 103 Italian provinces to 107 developing...

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Workersâ€™ Remittances; An Overlooked Channel of International Business Cycle Transmission?

Barajas, Adolfo; Chami, Ralph; Ebeke, Christian; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper shows that remittance flows significantly increase the business cycle synchronization between remittance-recipient countries and the rest of the world. Using both aggregate and bilateral remittances data in a panel data setting, the study demonstrates that this effect is robust and...

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Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States and Europe

Dao, Mai; Furceri, Davide; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

estimate the dynamic response of regional employment, unemployment, participation rates and net migration to state … decreased over time, suggesting less overall net migration in response to a regional shock, (ii) the role of the participation … rate as absorber of regional shocks has increased, (iii) the response of net migration to regional shocks is stronger …

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Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances

Fullenkamp, Connel; Cosimano, Thomas F.; Gapen, Michael T. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Given the large size of aggregate remittance flows (billions of dollars annually), they should be expected to have significant macroeconomic effects on the economies that receive them. This paper directly addresses the two main issues of interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how...

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Remittances; An Automatic Output Stabilizer?

Hakura, Dalia; Chami, Ralph; Montiel, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Remittance flows appear to be falling worldwide for the first time in decades as a result of the ongoing financial turmoil. It is suspected that the drop in remittance income into developing and emerging markets will have a destabilizing effect on these economies. The paper estimates the impact...

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