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Interest Rates, Credit Rationing, and Investment in Developing Countries
Nkusu, Mwanza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the impact of interest rates and inflation on bank loans and investment within a framework that … treating the lending and deposit rates of interest as distinct parameters in investment equations. The spread between the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605233
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Fiscal Policy and Economic Development
Mourmouras, Alex; Rangazas, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
public infrastructure investment, and less representative governments in many of today's developing economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604955
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Agricultural Credit in the Baltics, Russia, and Other States of the Former Soviet Union
Sobolev, Yuri Vladimirovich; Lahiri, Ashok - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264258
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania; 2003 Article IV Consultation, and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility—Staff Report; Staff Stateme...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
Mauritania successfully completed its previous poverty reduction growth facility arrangement in December 2002. The focus of this report is on the effectiveness of policies adopted in the last few years and the medium-term strategy. Macroeconomic stability under the IMF-supported program and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825038
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Rwanda; Second and Third Reviews Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, and Request for Addit...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
Rwanda’s Second and Third Reviews under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and request for Waiver of Performance Criteria are discussed. After an extended period characterized by a strong expansion of economic activity, real GDP growth is estimated by IMF staff to have slowed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825455
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Georgia; Request for Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Sta...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
The staff report for the Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility on Georgia focuses on economic developments and policies. The fiscal situation deteriorated sharply in 2003, especially because of a weakening in expenditure management and in tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591176
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Pacific Island Countries: In Search of a Trade Strategy
Chen, Hong; Rauqeuqe, Lanieta; Singh, Shiu raj; Wu, Yiqun; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
tourism for a number of PICs. Moreover, if a strong two-way linkage is established between tourism and agriculture, Pacific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959471
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Debt Sustainability, Public Investment, and Natural Resources in Developing Countries: the DIGNAR Model
Melina, Giovanni; Yang, Shu-Chun S.; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper presents the DIGNAR (Debt, Investment, Growth, and Natural Resources) model, which can be used to analyze … the debt sustainability and macroeconomic effects of public investment plans in resource-abundant developing countries … capital enters production technologies, while public investment is subject to inefficiencies and absorptive capacity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123850
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On the First-Round Effects of International Food Price Shocks: the Role of the Asset Market Structure
Portillo, Rafael; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
We develop a tractable small open-economy model to study the first-round effects of international food price shocks in developing countries. We define first-round effects as changes in headline inflation that, holding core inflation constant, help implement relative price adjustments. The model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242189
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Financial Decisions and Investment Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Role of Institutions
Turk, Rima - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
institutions as well as deepening capital markets in developing countries to improve financing conditions and investment outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242231