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Republic of Croatia; 2009 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republ...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
Croatia’s annual GDP growth accelerated to 4–5 percent, per capita incomes advanced further toward the EU average, and unemployment declined to the lowest levels since Croatia’s independence. The staff report for Croatia’s 2009 Article IV Consultation is also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244509
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Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms; Evidence From Eastern Europe and Latin America
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper investigates the role of structural reforms -financial reforms, trade liberalization, and privatization- as … financial liberalization and privatization. These results are robust to different measures of reforms, split samples, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826274
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Early Birds, Late Risers, and Sleeping Beauties; Bank Credit Growth to the Private Sector in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Balkans
Hollar, Ivanna Vladkova; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Following a period of privatization and restructuring, commercial banks in Central and Eastern Europe and, more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769208
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Japan; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper discusses the impact of global financial turmoil on Japan. It describes how close integration in global financial markets has deepened and expanded the channels for spillovers. The paper discusses options for increasing the consumption tax to finance the public pension...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243246
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Israel; Detailed Assessment of IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Israel’s compliance with International Organization of Securities Commissions’ objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation has been assessed. The regulatory regime is well developed and in most respects is comparable with that of major jurisdictions. For the most part, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242660
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People's Republic of China; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This staff report on People’s Republic of China 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights macroeconomic developments … and outlook. China has maintained robust growth since the global crisis, but the heavy reliance on credit and investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244201
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Do Inflows or Outflows Dominate? Global Implications of Capital Account Liberalization in China
Bayoumi, Tamim; Ohnsorge, Franziska - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
asset holdings. The model also suggests that capital account liberalization in China may trigger net portfolio outflows as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790306
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The Spillover Effects of a Downturn in China’s Real Estate Investment
Ahuja, Ashvin; Myrvoda, Alla - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Real estate investment accounts for a quarter of total fixed asset investment (FAI) in China. The real estate sectorâ … process relies primarily on collateral, like in China. As a result, the impact on economic activity of a collapse in real …€™s trading partners. Using a two-region factor-augmented vector autoregression model that allows for interaction between China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142057
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Dealing with High Debt in an Era of Low Growth
Abbas, S. M. Ali; Akitoby, Bernardin; Andritzky, Jochen R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
task has become particularly challenging in European advanced economies where expectations of low growth and limits to monetary policy support are shifting the burden of adjustment onto fiscal consolidation. The SDN will investigate the main drivers behind successful past debt reversals,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878429
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Malawi; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes-Fiscal Transparency Module-Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
Malawi. The findings reveal that Malawi does not have an elaborate privatization program. The assemblies and municipalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244243