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The End of Textiles Quotas; A Case Study of the Impacton Bangladesh

Mlachila, Montfort; Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper evaluates the effects on the Bangladeshi economy of phasing out textile and clothing (T&C) quotas currently maintained by industrial countries. The planned abolition of the quotas under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing in 2005 will alter the competitiveness of various exporting...

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Raising Armenia's Export Potential

Akepanidtaworn, Klakow - 2022

Raising Armenia's long-term growth prospects is critical to meet the pressing need for jobs, achieve higher living standards, and arrest emigration. Armenia's long-term growth prospects have weakened since the global COVID-19 crisis, while recent global and regional the geopolitical developments...

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Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries; Organization and Oversight

Ratnovski, Lev; Narain, Aditya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries, in fact they are prevalent in the developed world as well. We study a sample of public financial institutions in industrialized countries and identify dominant trends in...

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Show Me the Money; Access to Finance for Small Borrowers in Canada

Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper examines access to business finance by Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to housing finance by Canadian households (particularly non-prime borrowers) against the background of a fairly concentrated and protected banking industry. It finds access broadly adequate...

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Quality, Trade, and Exchange Rate Pass-Through

Chen, Natalie; Juvenal, Luciana - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper investigates theoretically and empirically the heterogeneous response of exporters to real exchange rate fluctuations due to product quality. Our model shows that the elasticity of demand perceived by exporters decreases with a real depreciation and with quality, leading to more...

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Dismal Employment Growth in EU Countries; The Role of Corporate Balance Sheet Repair and Dual Labor Markets

Bakker, Bas B.; Zeng, Li - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

countries but not in others. To close the large gaps between saving and investment, firms reduced investment and cut costs to … boost profits. With much of the cost adjustment falling on firms’ wage bills, employment losses were largest in countries …

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Performance of Publicly Listed Chilean Firms During the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis

Wu, Yi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

crisis had a larger negative impact on firms with greater reliance on external financing, and firms with higher sensitivity … to aggregate demand and exports. Firms with more foreign currency debt also had larger declines in sales, although their … investment or profits did not differ significantly from other firms. …

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An Analysis of so-Called Export-Led Growth

Yang, Jie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

The stylized fact that strong economic growth is usually accompanied with strong export growth leads many people to conclude that the export sector is the main driving force behind those episodes. The model in this paper, however, shows that the non-tradable sector may also generate high...

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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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The Impact of Oil-Related Incomeon the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in Syria

Dridi, Jemma; Hasan, Maher - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper examines the impact of oil-related income, among other fundamentals, on the equilibrium real effective exchange rate (ERER) in Syria. After reviewing the evolution of the Syrian multiple exchange rate regime since 1960 and assessing alternative measures for the exchange rate, the...

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