In theory, the IMF could influence economic growth via several channels, among them advice to policy makers, money … data for 98 countries over the period 1970-2000 it analyzes whether IMF involvement influences economic growth in program … countries. Consistent with the results of previous studies, it is shown that IMF programs reduce growth rates when their …

trade within the BRIC countries. It shows that countries with lower interest rates experience growth of the share of … machinery industry exports rather than agriculture and food products, and, on the contrary, in countries with higher interest … rates the share of agriculture and food exports increases and the share of machinery industry products declines. The …

This paper challenges the widespread belief that FDI generally has a positive impact on economic growth in developing … countries. It addresses the limitations of the existing literature and re-examines the FDI-led growth hypothesis for 28 … developing countries using cointegration techniques on a country-by-country basis. The paper finds that in the vast majority of …

This paper interprets economic growth as a sequence of transitions between four growth regimes: crisis, stagnation …, stable growth, and miracle growth. Countries experience distinct patterns of growth because they switch between the growth … regimes with different frequencies. The aim of this paper is to identify countries with similar growth dynamics in order to …

given to the relationship between gender inequality and economic growth. Measuring gender inequalities contributes to … knowing whether greater inequality promotes or hampers growth. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, the Gender … the relationship between gender inequalities and economic growth using seemingly unrelated regressions. Results show large …