Inspired by the current European crisis, the main goal of this paper is to find how to promote investment, as we think that it has a crucial role on firms’ evolution and economic performance. In fact, our motivation is to find a possible solution to promote economic growth with few Government...

Falling international prices have helped lower Haiti’s inflation, but base money growth has continued to be higher than targeted in the program. The paper discusses Haiti’s Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. In the area of economic...

This note reflects macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts presented with the April 2009 World Economic Outlook, as well as information on fiscal stimulus and financial and industrial sector support gathered through mid-May. It follows the request by G-20 leaders for the Fund to assess regularly the...