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Domestic Bank Regulation and Financial Crises; Theory and Empirical Evidence From East Asia

Kletzer, Kenneth; Dekle, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

A model of the domestic financial intermediation of foreign capital inflows based on agency costs is developed for studying financial crises in emerging markets. In equilibrium, the banking system becomes progressively more fragile under imperfect prudential regulation and public sector loan...

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When is Economic Growth Pro-Poor? Experiences in Malaysia and Pakistan

Khan, Mahmood Hasan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper focuses on two central issues related to the contrasting experiences of Malaysia and Pakistan regarding poverty reduction. First, it examines the structure of economic growth and its proximate determinants in the two countries, including the initial conditions, institutional changes,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248163

Trade, Growth, and Poverty; A Selective Survey

Berg, Andrew; Krueger, Anne O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...

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Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries

Keller, Christian; Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

During the transition process, many existing social sector institutions and policies were significantly eroded and their underlying character changed. As a result, they often do not redistribute to the poorest, nor generally serve the role of facilitating economic change. Social sector reforms...

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The Transition Economies After Ten Years

Fischer, Stanley; Sahay, Ratna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper summarizes the macroeconomic performance of the transition economies. We first review the initial conditions confronting these economies, the reform strategy that was proposed, and the associated controversies that arose a decade ago. We then account for the widely different outcomes,...

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Poverty in a Wealthy Economy; The Case of Nigeria

Canagarajah, Sudharshan; Thomas, Saji - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper describes the nature and evolution of poverty in Nigeria between 1985 and 1992. It highlights the potential … and welfare. The headcount measure of poverty in Nigeria declined from 43 percent to 34 percent between 1985 and 1992 … infrastructure need to be central strategies in the fight against poverty in Nigeria. …

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Financing Uganda'S Poverty Reduction Strategy; Is Aid Causing More Pain Than Gain?

Nkusu, Mwanza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Uganda's market-friendly development strategy and poverty reduction agenda have attracted large financial inflows, including aid. During 2000-02, concerns about a possible aid-induced Dutch disease were heightened by widening macroeconomic imbalances and an upward trend in the real effective...

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Aid and Fiscal Management

Lane, Timothy D.; Bulir, Ales - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper focuses on the macroeconomic aspects of fiscal management in aid-receiving countries. Despite the declining share of aid in budgets of donor countries, aid continues to play an important role in many developing countries. The paper first discusses the implications of aid in the...

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Short-And Long-Term Poverty and Social Policy in a "Snakes and Ladders" Model of Growth

Cuevas, Alfredo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

Throughout the world, the great popularity of programs to protect those who may fall into poverty stands in contrast with the weakness of policies aimed at helping individuals who are already poor to overcome long-term poverty. In the paper, an OLG model with persistent poverty and limited...

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The Real Exchange Rate and Growth Revisited; The Washington Consensus Strikes Back?

Berg, Andrew; Miao, Yanliang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

There is good reason and much evidence to suggest that the real exchange rate matters for economic growth, but why? The "Washington Consensus" (WC) view holds that real exchange rate misalignment implies macroeconomic imbalances that are themselves bad for growth. In contrast, Rodrik (2008)...

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