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: 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...
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...