Volume/Issue: 2018/6
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Edward Gemayel
,
Lorraine Ocampos
,
Matteo Ghilardi
, and
James Aylward
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
April
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484337165.087
ISBN: 9781484337165
Since 2014, large and persistent external shocks have hit the CCA region, particularly a slump in global commodity prices and slower growth in its key economic partners. Fiscal accommodation, along with currency ad...
Volume: 18
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Natalia Tamirisa
, and
Christoph Duenwald
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
January
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484336731.087
ISBN: 9781484336731
Analysis of policies for managing public sector wage bills in the Middle East and Central Asia region. While some work has been done recently at the Fund on issues related to government employment and compensation,...
Volume/Issue: 2015/62
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Pritha Mitra
,
Amr Hosny
,
Gohar Abajyan
, and
Mark Fischer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
March
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475545364.001
ISBN: 9781475545364
The Middle East and Central Asia's economic growth potential is slowing faster than in other emerging and developing regions, dampening hopes for reducing persistent unemployment and improving the region's genera...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
October
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589068582.086
ISBN: 9781589068582
The global economic crisis has taken a toll on the Middle East and Central Asia region, but appropriate policy responses have helped mitigate the impact. Looking ahead, the region's oil exporters are expected to be...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
May
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589068421.086
ISBN: 9781589068421
The global crisis is now affecting the countries in the Middle East and Central Asia region, and economic and financial vulnerabilities are rising. In the Middle East and North Africa, good economic fundamentals, a...
Volume/Issue: 2009/29
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christoph Trebesch
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451871760.001
ISBN: 9781451871760
This paper proposes a new empirical measure of cooperative versus conflictual crisis resolution following sovereign default and debt distress. The index of government coerciveness is presented as a proxy for excusa...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
October
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589067622.086
ISBN: 9781589067622
Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia underlines that the region has continued to experience strong growth in 2008, and the short-term outlook is generally favorable. However, inflation has emerge...
Volume/Issue: 2008/216
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Andreas Billmeier
, and
Dalia Hakura
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451870749.001
ISBN: 9781451870749
The analysis in this paper suggests that import and export volume elasticities are markedly lower in oil-exporting Middle East and Central Asian countries than in non-oil countries in the region. A key implication...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
April
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589067158.083
ISBN: 9781589067158
The Middle East and Central Asia region grew at 6.5 percent in 2007, marking its best five-year performance over the past 30 years. So far, the turmoil in international financial markets has had a limited impact on...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
October
2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589066694.086
ISBN: 9781589066694
The Middle East and Central Asia is undergoing a remarkable transformation driven by rapid GDP growth and high oil and non-oil commodity prices. The report presents common economic trends and reviews prospects and...
