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Finance and Development, September 2015
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2015
This chapter presents the point of view and ideas of Sabina Alkire, an economist. Alkire wants the Multidimensional Poverty Index to be part of a data revolution to guide the fight against poverty. According to Alkire, learning to meditate soothed away what she describes as the temper tantrums...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407775
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Finance and Development, September 2017
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2017
various reasons are incapable of assuming that global leadership and the rest of the world likely would not support a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408177
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Finance and Development, September 2013
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2013
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394806
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Finance and Development, December 2015
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2015
This article presents an overview of the life of Richard Layard, who believes that the basic purpose of economics is the maximization of happiness and well-being. As director of the Wellbeing Programme at the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance, Layard focuses on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407776
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Finance and Development, March 2017
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2017
This paper reports about current mainstream growth projections for the United States and the European Union over the medium term represent a marked slowdown from growth rates in the decades prior to the global financial crisis. Slower growth in Europe and the United States has mixed implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408128
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Finance and Development, December 2017
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2017
This paper analyzes that although demands for political transformation commanded the world's attention, those calls …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408179
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Finance and Development, March 2014
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2014
This chapter discusses the story of European integration in what is known as the European Union. The decision in 1951 by six European nations to pool coal and steel production under a common authority-the European Coal and Steel Community-marked the beginning of European integration. French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411669
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Finance and Development, December 2013
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2013
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance and Development (F and D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394383
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Finance & Development, December 2011
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2011
Africa's Middle-Class Motor finds growing evidence that a recent resurgence in the continent's economic well-being has staying power. In his overview article, Harvard professor Calestous Juma says the emphasis for too long has been on eradicating poverty through aid rather than promoting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397363
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Finance & Development, March 2004
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2004
This paper presents a snapshot of changes in the world’s health and demographic conditions. The paper highlights that … in most parts of the world, individuals are healthier and living longer, thanks to improved health services and living … epidemic. Moreover, most regions of the developing world will not reach the Millennium Development Goals for health by 2015 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397371