Volume/Issue: 2019/50
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sonali Das
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
March
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498302029.001
ISBN: 9781498302029
China's exchange rate regime has undergone gradual reform since the move away from a fixed exchange rate in 2005. The renminbi has become more flexible over time but is still carefully managed, and depth and liquid...
Volume/Issue: 2019/28
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Chiara Broccolini
,
Giulia Lotti
,
Alessandro Maffioli
,
Andrea Presbitero
, and
Rodolfo Stucchi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
February
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484393864.001
ISBN: 9781484393864
We use loan-level data on syndicated lending to a large sample of developing countries between 1993
and 2017 to estimate the mobilization effects of multilateral development banks (MDBs), controlling
for a large se...
Volume/Issue: 2019/25
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kangni Kpodar
,
Stefania Fabrizio
, and
Kodjovi Eklou
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
February
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484387771.001
ISBN: 9781484387771
This paper investigates the impact of domestic fuel price increases on export growth in a sample of 77 developing countries over the period 2000-2014. Using a fixed-effect estimator and the local projection approac...
Volume/Issue: 2011/139
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Brad McDonald
, and
Christian Henn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455265442.001
ISBN: 9781455265442
This paper investigates how trade flows are being affected by new discriminatory measures implemented during the global financial crisis. We match data on behind-the-border measures (e.g., bailouts and subsidies) a...
Volume/Issue: 2010/14
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s):
Brad McDonald
,
Rob Gregory
, and
Katrin Elborgh-Woytek
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
September
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455265343.004
ISBN: 9781455265343
The actions proposed here focus on trade integration, substantially increasing exports of the poorest countries and helping them to meet the Millennium Development Goals. As the foundation for these ambitions, we e...
Volume/Issue: 2007/53
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451866179.001
ISBN: 9781451866179
Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of turning into an unmanageable "noodle bowl" in the future? The goal of this paper is to shed some li...
Volume/Issue: 2006/196
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Leslie Teo
,
David Cowen
,
Hemant Shah
,
Ranil Salgado
, and
Alessandro Zanello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451864564.001
ISBN: 9781451864564
This Working Paper brings together three papers prepared as background for discussions at the Second High-Level Conference on Asian Integration cohosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the IMF on May 25,...
Volume: 53
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
April
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589065093.024
ISBN: 9781589065093
This first issue for 2006 is anchored by two papers on Russia. The opening paper discusses Russia and the World Trade Organization, and the concluding paper, by John Odling-Smee (former Director of the IMF's Europe...
Volume/Issue: 2005/8
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Yongzheng Yang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451975796.003
ISBN: 9781451975796
Improving market access in industrial countries and retaining preferences have been Africa's two key objectives in the Doha Round trade negotiations. This paper argues that African negotiators may have overlooked t...
Volume/Issue: 2005/265
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
August
2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451813012.002
ISBN: 9781451813012
This paper focuses on euro area policies. The monetary policy stance remains appropriate for now. Fiscal policies are falling well short of consolidation requirements, and the area remains insufficiently prepared f...
