Features -- Asia's Winds of Change -- Deepening Financial Ties -- The Art of Reform -- Japan's Back! -- Point of View: Creating a Globally Connected Asian Community -- Asia's Investment Puzzle -- What Happened? -- Adding Depth -- EU: From Monetary to Financial Union -- Departments -- In Brief --...

Features -- Global Governance: New Players, New Rules -- Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis -- Governing Global Trade -- Financial Crises of the Future -- Governing Global Health -- Point of View: Is the Global Health System Broken? -- Backcasting Latin America -- Africa's Missing Ingredients --...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- I. Introduction -- Purposes of the Balance of Payments Manual -- Changes from the Fourth Edition -- Uses of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Data -- Structure of the Manual -- II. Conceptual Framework of...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- ASSESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF OIL AND INTEREST RATE SPILLOVERS FOR SAUDI ARABIA -- A. What Does History Tell us About the Impact of Oil Price Declines and Interest Rate Increases on the Saudi Economy? -- B. Econometric Analysis of the Oil and Interest Rate Links in the Saudi...

Cover -- Cameroon: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report- Joint Staff Advisory Note -- I. OVERVIEW -- II. STRATEGIC PILLARS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION -- A. Promoting a Stable Macroeconomic Environment -- B. Growth and Economic Diversification -- C. Strengthening Human Resource Development...

Cover -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Recent Economic Developments -- III. Policy Discussions -- A. Policies for 2007: Reducing Inflation -- B. Medium-Term Policies: Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability -- C. Medium-Term Policies: Promoting Sustained Nonhydrocarbon Growth --...

Cover -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Strong Growth in 2006, Though Housing Market Started to Cool -- III. Growth Slowdown Ahead, with Risks on the Downside -- IV. Ample Room for Fiscal Stabilizers, but Population Aging Ahead -- V. Banks have Large Exposures to Property, but Big Cushions...

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

Republic of Tajikistan: Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Second Progress Report -- Joint Staff Advisory Note On the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report -- I. OVERVIEW -- II. POVERTY DIAGNOSIS -- III. PRIORITY PUBLIC ACTIONS -- IV. PARTICIPATION AND...