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Public Debt Markets in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic

Jobst, Andreas; Valderrama, Laura; Guerra, Ivan; Shah, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper-consisting of a regional study and seven country studies-reviews the state of domestic public debt markets in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama as at end-2005. Although they account for the lion's share of capital markets, regional...

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A Balance Sheet Approach to Financial Crisis

Setser, Brad; Roubini, Nouriel; Keller, Christian; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

The paper lays out an analytical framework for understanding crises in emerging markets based on examination of stock variables in the aggregate balance sheet of a country and the balance sheets of its main sectors (assets and liabilities). It focuses on the risks created by maturity, currency,...

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Foreign Currency Deposits and International Liquidity Shortages in Pakistan

Mirakhor, Abbas; Zaidi, Iqbal Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper studies the implications of foreign currency deposits (FCDs) for international liquidity shortages in Pakistan. The analysis focuses on how the large volume of FCDs and the specific institutional characteristics of those deposits have made the Pakistan economy highly vulnerable to...

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The Level and Composition of Public Sector Debt in Emerging Market Crises

Rother, Bjoern; Hakobyan, Ivetta; Bolle, Monica … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

external public debt to multilateral creditors and a greater exposure of the domestic banking system to sovereign debt. …

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Reflectionson Quantitative Fiscal Conditionality in African PRGF-Supported Programs

Zakharova, Daria; Fedelino, Annalisa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

We survey quantitative fiscal conditionality in selected sub-Saharan African PRGFsupported programs, and assess the conditionality against some possible benchmarks and best practices. While noting many caveats, the paper suggests some possible scope for further attuning of this conditionality to...

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The Impact of the Global Crisison South-Eastern Europe

Spadafora, Francesco; Cocozza, Emidio; Colabella, Andrea - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper analyzes the impact of the global crisis on six South-Eastern European countries. The main objective is to compare macro-financial conditions and policies in the run-up to the crisis as well as to compare the policy responses to it, so as to highlight, inter alia, possible...

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Assessing and Managing Rapid Credit Growth and the Role of Supervisory and Prudential Policies

Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla; Johnsen, Gudrun; Hilbers, Paul … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper reviews trends in bank lending to the private sector, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern European countries, and finds that rapid growth of private sector credit continues to be a key challenge for most of these countries. The paper discusses possible implications for...

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Systemic Banking Crises; A New Database

Valencia, Fabian; Laeven, Luc - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper presents a new database on the timing of systemic banking crises and policy responses to resolve them. The … database covers the universe of systemic banking crises for the period 1970-2007, with detailed data on crisis containment and …. The database extends and builds on the Caprio, Klingebiel, Laeven, and Noguera (2005) banking crisis database, and is the …

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Financial Sector Reforms and Prospects for Financial Integration in Maghreb Countries

Sole, Juan; Sensenbrenner, Gabriel; Tahari, Amor; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

A healthy and dynamic financial sector is essential to achieving high and sustainable economic growth in the Maghreb region-Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Financial integration within the Maghreb region will help deepen financial markets, increase their efficiency, and enhance...

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Estimating Demand for IMF Financing by Low-Income Countries in Response to Shocks

Bal-Gunduz, Yasemin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper estimates factors affecting demand for Fund financing by Low-Income Countries (LICs) in response to policy and exogenous shocks. Various economic variables including reserve coverage, current account balance to GDP, real GDP growth, macroeconomic stability, and terms of trade shocks...

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