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Central America has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. This paper examines—among other things—the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA-DR), noting that the agreement will...
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profit shock, could double the amount of debt-at-risk held by non-SME firms and; (iii) exchange rate shocks appear manageable … given low FX debt and natural FX hedges. Under a downside macro-financial stress test scenario, non-SME credit losses would … total a touch over 2 percent of GDP. Bank stress tests suggest that the maximum cumulative bank losses from distressed SME …
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Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made significant progress in opening their economies to external competition through trade and currency liberalization. This paper analyzes trade and policy developments for 22 countries in eastern and southern Africa, looks at...
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, demographics, spillovers, and various policy proposals are accompanied by case studies focusing on Japan, South Korea, China, India … -- Korea -- China -- India -- Indonesia -- Speech by Obstfeld -- Monetary and exchange rate policies for sustained growth in …
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A technical assistance (TA) mission was undertaken by the Real Sector Statistics Advisor in the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) to St. Lucia during September 17-28, 2018, to provide advice to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on compiling supply and use tables (SUT) for...
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This Cluster Report explores opportunities for trade integration in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. It finds that the region can reap significant growth benefits from further trade integration. With trade integration below that of other regions, there is scope for Latin America and...
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This Selected Issues paper focuses on long-term impact of Brexit on the European Union (EU). This paper examines consequences of Brexit on the EU27 under various post-Brexit scenarios by using two different complementary approaches. Our results, which are broadly in line with recent findings in...
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