Series: Other Periodicals
Author(s):
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451980813.029
ISBN: 9781451980813
This paper examines the possibility of Asian monetary integration. The paper highlights that the objectives and motivations behind the continuing debate for Asian monetary integration have now evolved. The objectiv...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Taimur Baig
,
Jörg Decressin
,
Tarhan Feyzioglu
,
Manmohan Kumar
, and
Chris Faulkner-MacDonagh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589062276.084
ISBN: 9781589062276
Deflation can be costly and difficult to anticipate, and concerns of a generalized decline in prices in both industrial and emerging market economies have increased recently. This paper investigates the causes and...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
Frank Eich
, and
Sanjeev Gupta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
March
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616359508.071
ISBN: 9781616359508
Pension reform is high on the agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies, for many reasons. First, public pensions often constitute a large share of government expenditure. Second, population aging means...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Takatoshi Ito
,
Tamim Bayoumi
,
Peter Isard
, and
Steven Symansky
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
December
1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756008.084
ISBN: 9781557756008
The 18 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (APEC) encompass not only a wide geographic area but also broad differences in stages of economic development, including among them some of the fastes...
Volume/Issue: 9/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
1972
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616353100.022
ISBN: 9781616353100
This paper describes what the limits to growth are. The paper highlights that many critical variables in global society-particularly population and industrial production-have been growing at a constant percentage r...
Volume/Issue: 51/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
November
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484315422.022
ISBN: 9781484315422
This chapter emphasizes the importance of health policy and its implementation and connection to economic growth. The chapter also offers a different view of progress in the provision of better health facilities. T...
Volume/Issue: 37/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
January
2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451952827.022
ISBN: 9781451952827
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly...
Volume/Issue: 11/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
1974
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616353179.022
ISBN: 9781616353179
This paper describes the technical improvement in developing countries. It highlights that developing countries have relied heavily for their industrial development upon foreign enterprises as sources of technology...
Volume/Issue: 43/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
June
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451922479.022
ISBN: 9781451922479
Asia Rising -- explores Asia's role in the world economy, the challenges faced from globalization, the quest for greater regional financial integration, the problem of lagging investment, and why East Asia performe...
Volume/Issue: 38/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
January
2001
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451953299.022
ISBN: 9781451953299
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterl...