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The Impacton India of Trade Liberalization in the Textiles and Clothing Sector

Jain-Chandra, Sonali; Prasad, A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

We analyze the impact of the elimination of textile and clothing (T&C) quotas in 2005 on India. Our simulations suggest that while Indian exports of T&C will continue to expand in the presence of the safeguards on China, they will be affected adversely once these safeguards are lifted. We argue...

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Hong Kong SAR Economic Integration with the Pearl River Delta

Unteroberdoerster, Olaf; Chen, Hongyi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Hong Kong SAR's economic integration with the Mainland has primarily taken place in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Taking stock of integration trends, this paper discusses key implications for ensuring economic benefits of further integration are sustained and associated costs minimized. Besides...

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Mexico: Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the impact of Mexicoâ€™s energy reform on hydrocarbons production. These reforms aim to increase oil and gas production by eliminating the state oil companyâ€™s (PEMEX) monopoly on exploration and production of hydrocarbons, while retaining the prime...

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Bangladesh; Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

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Global Rebalancing; Implications for Low-Income Countries

Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

While global rebalancing will mainly involve structural realignment among major advanced and emerging market economies, it could have significant impact on low-income countries (LICs). Simulations using a global general equilibrium model show that a more balanced global economy would tend to...

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From "Hindu Growth" to Productivity Surge; The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

response, because India was far away from its income-possibility frontier. Registered manufacturing, which had been built up in …

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India's Pattern of Development; What Happened, What Follows?

Subramanian, Arvind; Rajan, Raghuram; Tokatlidis, Ioannis; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

. While the importance of services rather than manufacturing is widely noted, within manufacturing India has emphasized skill …-intensive rather than laborintensive manufacturing, and industries with higher-than-average scale. Some of these distinctive patterns …

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Simple, Implementable Fiscal Policy Rules

Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper analyzes the scope for systematic rules-based fiscal activism in open economies. Relative to a balanced budget rule, automatic stabilizers significantly improve welfare. But they minimize fiscal instrument volatility rather than business cycle volatility. A more aggressively...

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Productivity Trends in India's Manufacturing Sectors in the Last Two Decades

Unel, Bulent - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

's (registered) manufacturing sectors during the 1980s and 1990s. The main findings of the paper are (i) labor and total factor … productivity (TFP) growth in total manufacturing and many of the component sectors since 1980 were markedly higher than that in the … manufacturing as well as for many subsectors picked up further after the 1991 reforms; and (iii) classification of the best …

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The U.S. Manufacturing Recovery: Uptick or Renaissance?

Celasun, Oya; Bella, Gabriel Di; Mahedy, Tim; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

The notable rebound of U.S. manufacturing activity following the Great Recession has raised the question of whether the … labor costs have had a positive impact on U.S. manufacturing production. While we find it unlikely for manufacturing to … become a main engine of growth in the United States, we find that U.S. manufacturing exports could provide nonnegligible …

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