This report focuses on the observance of standards and codes on the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) recommendations for antimoney laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) in Greece. It reveals that Greece’s legal requirements in place to combat money...

Greek real GDP has declined by 2 percent in 2009, and indicators suggest that activity will weaken further in 2010. With the deteriorating fiscal results came downgrades of government bonds by rating agencies, and investors started backing out of Greek bonds, driving up their yields. Impaired...

The Greek economy is teetering owing to heavy public debt and loss of market access. Greece is adopting an ambitious comprehensive multiyear adjustment program to lower the fiscal deficit and the debt ratio, reduce domestic demand in line with capacity, and increase supply and competitiveness so...

This Selected Issues paper examines three areas of key policy importance for Greece in the coming years. The paper documents the loss of international competitiveness in recent years, as well as the accompanying widening of the current account deficit. It analyzes fiscal consolidation episodes...

This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth of Greece has been strong for several years, underpinned by a rapid increase in private sector credit, following the liberalization of the financial sector and the sharp drop in interest rates. In 2006, real GDP rose by an...

Intro -- Summary of thesis -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Locating our case in a world of change -- 3: Methodology and analytical framework -- 4: Structure, patterns and dynamics of migration -- 5:...

This book presents the latest on the theoretical approach of the contemporary issues evolved in strategic marketing and the integration of theory and practice. It seeks to make advancements in the discipline by promoting strategic research and innovative activities in marketing. The book...