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Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? Some Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries

Tumbarello, Patrizia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of …

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Current Account Rebalancing and Real Exchange Rate Adjustment Between the U.S. and Emerging Asia

Sandri, Damiano; Rabanal, Pau; Méjean, Isabelle - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

A reduction in the U.S. current account deficit vis-à-vis emerging Asia involves a shift in demand from U.S. to … emerging Asia tradable goods and a change in international relative prices. This paper quantifies the required adjustment in … Asia. We compare scenarios where both Chinese and other emerging Asian export prices change by the same proportion to the …

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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisison Microfinance and Policy Implications

Bella, Gabriel Di - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

The global financial crisis affected microfinance institutions (MFIs) as lending growth was constrained by scarcer borrowing opportunities, while the economic slowdown negatively impacted asset quality and profitability. It also brought to the fore the relatively high interest rates that MFIs...

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France; Financial System Stability Assessment

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This Financial System Stability Assessment on France discusses the French financial system and the restructuring of French banks to different business models. The French banking system weathered the 2007â€“09 global financial crisis well. The large French banks have announced plans to meet...

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Basel Capital Requirements and Credit Crunch in the MENA Region

Naceur, Sami Ben; Kandil, Magda E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The 1988 Basel I Accord set the common requirements of bank capital to promote the soundness and stability of the international banking system. The agreement required banks to hold capital in proportion to their perceived credit risks, and this requirement may have caused a “credit crunch,”...

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Credit Constraints, Political Instability, and Capital Accumulation

Herrala, Risto; Ariss, Rima Turk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

from Middle-East and North Africa (MENA), empirical findings point to a large and significant effect of credit conditions …

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Are Banks Really Lazy? Evidence from Middle East and North Africa

Gray, Simon; Karam, Philippe D; Ariss, Rima Turk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

Africa (MENA) CBs play an active role in view of their size that is very large with respect to their economies compared to …

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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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Export Spillovers from Global Shocks for the Middle East and Central Asia

Behar, Alberto; Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Estimates of export elasticities with respect to trading partner …

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The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined; Do All Countries Benefit Equally?

Barajas, Adolfo; Chami, Ralph; Yousefi, Reza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

heterogeneity; it is generally smaller in oil exporting countries; in certain regions, such as the Middle East and North Africa …

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