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Turkish economic policy under AKP government: an assessment for 2002-2007
Ugur, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This article agrees with the received wisdom that the rule of AKP government has been associated with better macroeconomic outcomes in Turkey from 2002-2007. However, it argues that it is necessary to question the received wisdom for several reasons. First, AKP government’s contribution to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555441
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The Transmission of Foreign Interest Rate Shocks to a Small-Open Economy: The Role of External Debt and Financial Integration
Demirel, Ufuk - In: Contributions to Macroeconomics 9 (2009) 1, pp. 1776-1776
This paper investigates the implications of external indebtedness and international financial integration on the effects of foreign interest rate shocks in a small-open economy. The empirical component of the analysis quantifies the effects of U.S. interest rate shocks on the Turkish economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046542
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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America
Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824823
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Stabilization and Reforms in Latin America; A Macroeconomic Perspective of the Experience Since the 1990s
Belaisch, Agnes; Collyns, Charles; Masi, Paula De; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This study examines external and domestic influences on Latin America’s economic performance over the past decade and a half. It notes that over the past few years, macroeconomic policies have strengthened and structural reforms have been implemented. Together with a favorable external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824870
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Turkey; 2004 Article IV Consultation and Eighth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion—Staff Reports; Staff Supple...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
inflation. The authorities need to take steps to encourage foreign direct investment, to make good on their plans for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824909
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Honduras; Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility; Request for Waiver and Modification of Performance Criteria; and Financing...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Honduras’s Third Review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver and Modification of Performance Criteria are discussed. The current stance of monetary and exchange rate policies are broadly appropriate, and financial sector reforms are proceeding. Progress...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824978
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Ukraine; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper examines the main factors explaining Ukraine’s growth performance so far, assesses whether the recent recovery is sustainable, and provides a quantitative analysis of long-term growth prospects. It finds that the recent recovery is not yet self-sustaining and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824979
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Switzerland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper takes a close look at the proximate determinants and short-term dynamics of inflation in … Switzerland. It identifies salient features of the inflation experience in Switzerland. The paper uses a wage-price model to gauge … the sensitivity of inflation to the business cycle and the exchange rate. The findings suggest that underlying inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825084
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Islamic State of Afghanistan; First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper assesses the First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Afghanistan. The authorities have met all of the indicative quantitative targets set out under the SMP and all the structural benchmarks, except the benchmark on licensing of commercial banks, which was only partly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825122
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Republic of Tajikistan; Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
lapses. Economic growth during this period has far exceeded program projections, but inflation performance has been at times …. In contrast, monetary policy has occasionally undermined inflation performance. Initial progress in implementing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825152