The increasing occurrence of national, regional, and global financial crises, together with their rising costs and complexity, have increased calls for greater regional and global monetary cooperation. This is particularly necessary in light of volatile capital flow movements that can quickly...

There is a perception that IMF programmes are not catalytic and instead associated with large capital outflows, higher refinancing costs for sovereigns and adverse movements in stock markets. This has led to concerns that an expectation of adverse effects of IMF programmes may deter countries...

In the policy debate on the effectiveness of the Global Financial Safety Net, concerns have been raised that expectations of adverse effects of IMF programmes may deter countries from asking for an IMF programme when they need one, a form of "IMF stigma". We explore the existence of IMF...

Starting with a brief description of the motivations for establishing AIIB, the chapter then outlines the institutional structure of the AIIB, including its membership, capital, governance, and operational procedures and practices. Next, it compares the AIIB and other existing multilateral...

The increasing occurrence of national, regional, and global financial crises, together with their rising costs and complexity, have increased calls for greater regional and global monetary cooperation. This is particularly necessary in light of volatile capital flow movements that can quickly...

Diskutiert werden die Auswirkungen der strukturellen Anpassungsprogramme für die Landwirtschaft in einer Reihe von afrikanischen und asiatischen Ländern. Die wichtigste kurzfristige agrarpolitische Maßnahme ist die Reduzierung der Subventionen und die Freigabe der Preise. Langfristige...