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Address by the Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2006
ISBN: 9781589065123
Keywords: debt, debt relief, debt cancellation, oil prices, world economy
Mr. Chairman, Governors, honored guests, it is a pleasure to welcome you to these meetings on behalf of the International Monetary Fund. I would like to extend a special welcome to...
8 Adjustment and Economic Growth »
Source: Fifty Years After Bretton Woods : The Future of the IMF and the World Bank: Proceedings of a Conference held in Madrid, Spain, September 29-30, 1994
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 April 1995
ISBN: 9781557754875
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rates, structural adjustment, world economy, adjustment programs
Tony Killick Good Policies, Weak Results I start with a paradox: the thrust of the policies favored by the Bretton Woods institutions has had demonstra...
After the Boom–Commodity Prices and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean »
Source: After the Boom-Commodity Prices and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Volume/Issue: 2014/154
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Bertrand Gruss
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 August 2014
ISBN: 9781498363518
Keywords: Global VAR (GVAR), commodity prices, output growth, Latin America, commodity exporters, exporters, commodity exports, Time-Series Models, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Economic Growth of Open Economies
After skyrocketing over the past decade, commodity prices have remained stable or eased somewhat since mid-2011-and most projections suggest they are not likely to resume the upward trend observed in the last decad...
5 Agendas for the Bretton Woods Institutions »
Source: Fifty Years After Bretton Woods : The Future of the IMF and the World Bank: Proceedings of a Conference held in Madrid, Spain, September 29-30, 1994
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 April 1995
ISBN: 9781557754875
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rates, structural adjustment, world economy, adjustment programs
Introduction Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad remarked that, as an observer and practitioner in the field of development for more than 30 years, he wondered whether the agenda fo...
Are the Asia and Pacific Small States Different from Other Small States? »
Source: Are the Asia and Pacific Small States Different from Other Small States?
Volume/Issue: 2013/123
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Patrizia Tumbarello , Ezequiel Cabezon , and Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 May 2013
ISBN: 9781484339190
Keywords: micro states, Pacific islands, growth, volatility, terms of trade, trade openness, current account balance, external shocks, trade deficits, Open Economy Macroeconomics
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, geographical isolation an...
1. Asia and Pacific’s Outlook: Still Leading Global Growth »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2015 : Stabilizing and Outperforming Other Regions
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2015
ISBN: 9781498339841
Keywords: Regional Economic Outlook, Economic integration, Market economies, Real sector, Development, Financial crises, Regional economics, Economies, inflation, exchange
Asia and Pacific’s position as the growth engine of the world economy has intensified in recent years. While in 2000 the region accounted for less than 30 percent of world output, by 2014 this c...
Asia’s Digital Revolution »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2018
Volume/Issue: 55/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Communications Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 August 2018
ISBN: 9781484368800
Keywords: Finance and Development, Poverty, Development, Financial crises, Economic growth, Economies, IMF, Hak, southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa
This paper discusses that from shifting demographics to climate change, Southeast Asia confronts a host of challenges. Summoning them will require both resilience and flexibility. Advances in artificial intelligenc...
Asia’s Quest for Inclusive Growth Revisited »
Source: Asia's Quest for Inclusive Growth Revisited
Volume/Issue: 2015/42
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Chie Aoyagi , and Giovanni Ganelli
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 February 2015
ISBN: 9781498340144
Keywords: inequality, growth, poverty, gini index, Equity, Justice, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement, Economic Growth of Open Economies, Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development,
Despite the rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Asia worsened during last two decades. We focus on the determinants of growth inclusiveness and suggest options for reform. A cross cross-count...
Asian Women at Work »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2018
Volume/Issue: 55/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Communications Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 August 2018
ISBN: 9781484368800
Keywords: Finance and Development, Poverty, Development, Financial crises, Economic growth, Economies, IMF, Hak, southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa
This paper discusses that from shifting demographics to climate change, Southeast Asia confronts a host of challenges. Summoning them will require both resilience and flexibility. Advances in artificial intelligenc...
An Attempt to Profile the Finances of China's Enterprise Sector »
Source: An Attempt to Profile the Finances of China's Enterprise Sector
Volume/Issue: 2001/182
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Cem Karacadag , and Paul Heytens
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2001
ISBN: 9781451859263
Keywords: Chinese economy, Chinese corporate sector, Chinese financial sector, industrial enterprises, listed companies, enterprise sector, net fixed assets, state enterprise, Corporate Finance and Governance: General,
This paper examines the leverage, efficiency, and debt-repayment capacity of the Chinese enterprise sector using aggregate and firm level data. The cash coverage of interest expense, in particular, is used as a bri...