This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need in situations where they must …

validity of the sticky information model (Mankiw and Reis, 2002) for describing the dynamics of professional growth forecasts …. Instead, the empirical evidence is more in line with implications of "noisy" information models (Woodford, 2002; Sims, 2003 …). Second, we find that information rigidities are more pronounced in emerging economies than advanced economies. Third, there …

access for men and women to education and land use, to the decision-making process, and to employment. …