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Source: World Economic and Financial Surveys : International Capital Markets 1994
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1994
ISBN: 9781451942118
Keywords: bonds, bond, hedge funds, government securities, capital markets
This paper analyzes the origins of the recent turbulence in government bond markets in the major industrial countries, and considers whether the role of hedge funds in that episode argues for altering present regul...
Front Matter »
Source: World Economic and Financial Surveys : International Capital Markets 1994
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1994
ISBN: 9781451942118
Keywords: bonds, bond, hedge funds, government securities, capital markets
This paper analyzes the origins of the recent turbulence in government bond markets in the major industrial countries, and considers whether the role of hedge funds in that episode argues for altering present regul...
$30 a Barrel: Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa must adjust to low oil prices »
Source: Finance and Development March 2016
Volume/Issue: 53/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Communications Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2016
ISBN: 9781513570532
Keywords: Finance and Development, population, population growth, workforce, monetary fund, finance
This article profiles economist David Card, whose work on minimum wages, immigration, and education challenged conventional wisdom. Card rose to prominence in 1995 when he won the coveted John Bates Clark Medal, th...
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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...
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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...
5. A Comparative Analysis of Financial Sector Health in the United States, Europe, and Asia »
Source: Progress and Confusion : The State of Macroeconomic Policy
Series: Books
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 29 April 2016
ISBN: 9780262034623
Keywords: Economic policy, Financial stability, Financial risk, Exchange rate management, Capital flows, Macroprudential Policy, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Financial Crises, Macroeconomics; capital flows;
This chapter uses recent methodology for estimating capital shortfalls of financial institutions during aggregated stress to assess the evolution of financial sector health since 2007 in the United States, E...
6 A Comparative Perspective on Expenditure Assignments »
Source: Reforming China's Public Finances
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 September 1995
ISBN: 9781557755117
Keywords: expenditure, expenditures, taxation, budget law, tax system
Principles Expenditure assignments influence the effective provision of certain services, as well as macroeconomic policy, but have important distributional implicati...
Absorbing shocks »
Source: Finance & Development, December 2003
Volume/Issue: 40/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 2003
ISBN: 9781451952018
Keywords: country inequality, infant mortality, mortality rate, life expectancy, world inequality
This paper describes why the international community needs to act now to stand a chance of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The paper gives example of Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the w...
6. Accelerating the External and Internal Opening Up of China’s Securities Industry »
Source: China and India Learning from Each Other : Reforms and Policies for Sustained Growth
Series: Books
Author(s): Eswar Prasad , Steven Dunaway , and Jahangir Aziz
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 September 2006
ISBN: 9781589065192
Keywords: inflation, exchange rate, banking, capital markets, financial system
Xinghai Fang, Ti Liu, and Donghui Shi ⋆ Now we have set the economic development objectives. But how are we going to achi...
Accounting for Reserves1 »
Source: Accounting for Reserves
Volume/Issue: 2012/302
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Tamim Bayoumi , and Christian Saborowski
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 December 2012
ISBN: 9781475535761
Keywords: Reserve accumulation, current account, capital account, current accounts, capital account liberalization, General,
Views on the effectiveness of sterilized reserve intervention vary. Sterilized intervention is generally seen as ineffective in advanced countries while persistent intervention by some emerging markets is often cit...