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Source: A Better World for All : Progress Toward the International Development Goals
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 June 2000
ISBN: 9781451976007
Keywords: maternal mortality, reproductive health, girls, reproductive health services, maternal deaths
This paper focuses on goal setting for development of the world. The paper highlights that the goals come from the agreements and resolutions of the world conferences organized by the United Nations in the first ha...

Front Matter »
Source: A Better World for All : Progress Toward the International Development Goals
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 June 2000
ISBN: 9781451976007
Keywords: maternal mortality, reproductive health, girls, reproductive health services, maternal deaths
This paper focuses on goal setting for development of the world. The paper highlights that the goals come from the agreements and resolutions of the world conferences organized by the United Nations in the first ha...

2 Achieving Better Results in Human Development »
Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2008 : MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Keywords: Debt, Oil, Global Monitoring Report, Sustainable development, environment, climate change, environmental sustainability, health care, malnutrition
The world has made steady progress toward meeting the numerical targets for the human development Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Achievements have been impressive in some cases, and even in countries t...

ANNEX IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD DISCUSSION OF THE OUTLOOK, MARCH 2008 »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
The following remarks by the Acting Chair were made at the conclusion of the Executive Board’s discussion of the World Economic Outlook on March 21, 2008....

A Better World for All : Progress Toward the International Development Goals »
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 June 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451976007.071
ISBN: 9781451976007
Keywords: maternal mortality, reproductive health, girls, reproductive health services, maternal deaths
This paper focuses on goal setting for development of the world. The paper highlights that the goals come from the agreements and resolutions of the world conferences organized by the United Nations in the first ha...

Chapter 4. CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
Climate change is a potentially catastrophic global externality and one of the world’s greatest collective action problems. The distribution of causes and effects is highly uneven across countries and across...

CHAPTER 2. COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
United States and Canada: How Long Will the Slowdown Last? The U.S. economy slowed markedly to grow 2.2 percent in 2007, down from almost 3 percent in 2006 (Table 2.1). The pace of a...

CHAPTER 1. GLOBAL PROSPECTS AND POLICIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
Overview of Recent Developments and Prospects: Divergence but Not Decoupling The course of the global economy over the past six months has been shaped by the interaction of two power...

Chapter 5. GLOBALIZATION, COMMODITY PRICES, AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
Over the past couple of decades, and in particular over the past few years, many developing and emerging economies have become steadily more integrated into the world economy. International trade, in both ma...

Chapter 3. THE CHANGING HOUSING CYCLE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MONETARY POLICY »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
The recent booms in house prices and residential investment in many advanced economies, and the sharp correction that has followed in a few of them, have reignited the debate over the link between housing an...