Volume/Issue: 2008/153
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Juan Zalduendo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451870114.001
ISBN: 9781451870114
This paper focuses on assessments of real exchange rates using PPP data and examines their limitations when these are based exclusively on bivariate estimations. It begins by presenting an analytical framework of t...
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s):
Parmeshwar Ramlogan
, and
Bernhard Fritz-Krockow
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
April
2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589066250.069
ISBN: 9781589066250
This paper describes the functions, policies, and operations of the IMF. The IMF is an independent international organization, and is a cooperative of 185 member countries, whose objective is to promote world econo...
Volume/Issue: 2002/173
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Louis Goreux
,
Paul Masson
,
Dhaneshwar Ghura
, and
Ousmane Badiane
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451858648.001
ISBN: 9781451858648
Cotton production in West and Central Africa (WCA) has contributed to growth and poverty reduction. Recently, the objective of poverty alleviation has been adversely impacted by the downward pressures on world pric...