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Capital Account Liberalization and Financial Sector Stability
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824821
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Financial Sector Surveillance and the IMF
Gola, Carlo; Spadafora, Francesco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The global financial crisis has magnified the role of Financial Sector Surveillance (FSS) in the Fund's activities. This paper surveys the various steps and initiatives through which the Fund has increasingly deepened its involvement in FSS. Overall, this process can be characterized by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540920
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Issues in Managing and Sequencing Financial Sector Reforms Lessons From Experiences in Five Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1992
A review of the experience of five developing countries in reforming their financial systems illustrates the benefits and risks, and provides lessons on the factors which contribute to successful financial sector reforms. Financial sector reforms need to be supported by active monetary policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825950
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Structural Reforms and Economic Performance in Advanced and Developing Countries
Spilimbergo, Antonio; Prati, Alessandro; Ostry, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
dataset covering reforms of domestic product markets, international trade, the domestic financial sector, and the external … financial reforms (and, in particular, domestic financial liberalization, trade liberalization, and agricultural liberalization …) boost income growth. However, growth effects differ significantly across alternative reform sequencing strategies: a trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790490
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Financial Sector Evolution in the Central European Economies; Challenges in Supporting Macroeconomic Stability and Sustainable Growth
Wagner, Nancy L.; Iakova, Dora M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper takes stock of the current state of development of the financial systems in five Central European transition economies (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia) that are also leading EU accession candidates. It presents both a progress report and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248292
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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245902
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Lessons and Policy Implications From the Global Financial Crisis
Claessens, Stijn; Laeven, Luc; Igan, Deniz; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
The ongoing global financial crisis is rooted in a combination of factors common to previous financial crises and some new factors. The crisis has brought to light a number of deficiencies in financial regulation and architecture, particularly in the treatment of systemically important financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519478
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A New Database of Financial Reforms
Detragiache, Enrica; Abiad, Abdul; Tressel, Thierry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper introduces a new database of financial reforms, covering 91 economies over 1973–2005. It describes the content of the database, the information sources utilized, and the coding rules used to create an index of financial reform. It also compares the database with other measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604989
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People's Republic of China; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This report discusses the IMF/World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) exercise for China undertaken during June–December 2010. The assessment concluded that reforms in China have progressed well in moving toward a more commercially oriented financial system. Despite success...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243609
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Uruguay; Request for Stand-By Arrangement—Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uruguay...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper examines Uruguay’s Request for a Stand-By Arrangement. Although the external current account shifted to a moderate deficit, mainly reflecting the recovery in imports, export performance has been robust, and gross international reserves are now about three-fourths their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252958