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This forthcoming title in the Departmental Paper Series describes the special challenges facing low-income countries as economic growth contracts by an estimated 1.1 percent globally. Coping with the Crisis: Challenges Facing Low-Income Countries provides an assessment of the implications of the...
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We propose a toolkit for the assessment of systemic risk buildup in low income countries. We show that, due to non … preliminary assessment of systemic risk buildup in individual SSA countries …
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to the global financial and economic crisis and estimates associated risks for each country. The six risk dimensions are … direct liquidity risks, risks of a reversal of volatile monetary flows, export slump risks, inadequate reserves risk, fiscal … elevated risk of a domestic financial crisis following the global slow-down. Monetary flow reversal risks are found to be high …
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IMF programs are often considered to carry a "stigma" that triggers adverse market reactions. We show that such a negative IMF effect disappears when accounting for endogenous selection into programs. To proxy for a country's access to financial markets, we use credit ratings and investor...
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great risk. Nevertheless, creditors and their institutions have failed to take determined steps to tackle the crisis …
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In this study, the performance and rationality of the gross domestic product growth forecasts by the World Bank (WB …
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alleviation. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and …
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