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In this report, three methodological approaches are applied to assess the size of the International Monetary Fund: benchmarking Fund resources against a number of relevant global economic and financial indicators; an extrapolation of past and current IMF programme characteristics; and a shock...
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This paper examines global credit intermediation through the lens of financial markets and financial intermediaries in the post-crisis period during which highly accommodative monetary policies contributed to investors’ search for yield. It reviews the extent to which non-bank intermediation...
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In a financially interconnected world, individual countries’ policy choices affect other economies and can become a …
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This paper analyses the impact of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) on global financial markets. It presents back-of-the-envelope calculations which simulate the potential impact of a transfer of traditional foreign exchange reserves to SWFs on global capital flows. If SWFs behave as CAPM-type...
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This paper is a first attempt to include credit derivatives in international macrofinancial analysis. We document that gross credit derivatives holdings map to bilateral portfolio investment linkages. On a net basis, our results suggest an asymmetry between sectors and between net buyers and net...
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Demand for non-renewable natural resources is forecast to rise steadily over the coming decades. Underlying trends of long-term rising demand and falling supply of mineral resources will inevitably increase pressure on prices and intensify competition for scarce resources. This can create a...
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This paper analyses the integration of China and India into the global economy. To this end, it presents estimates from … linkages with the rest of the world. Four main findings stand out. First, considering trade in goods, the overall degree of … China's trade intensity is higher than fundamentals would suggest, whereas the converse is true for India. Second, Chinese …
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India is becoming a key player in the global economy. It performs well in exporting information and technology services …, pharmaceuticals and petroleum products. India’s large diaspora is well integrated abroad, helping to develop new export markets and … facilitate the transfer of technology and know-how. India could perform better in some domains. These include labour …
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The 2030 Agenda aims for a world in which every woman and girl enjoys full gender equality and all legal, social and …
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