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Accounting for Reserves1 »
Source: Accounting for Reserves
Volume/Issue: 2012/302
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Tamim Bayoumi , and Christian Saborowski
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 December 2012
ISBN: 9781475535761
Keywords: Reserve accumulation, current account, capital account, current accounts, capital account liberalization, General,
Views on the effectiveness of sterilized reserve intervention vary. Sterilized intervention is generally seen as ineffective in advanced countries while persistent intervention by some emerging markets is often cit...

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...

Africa and the European Economic Community »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1966
Volume/Issue: 3/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1966
ISBN: 9781616352820
Keywords: sid, political authorities, society for international development, political leaders
This paper discusses the study on development planning conducted by a small group within the World Bank. The study reveals that most countries not only encounter the same planning problems, they make the same mista...

Africa in the Doha Round »
Source: Africa in the Doha Round : Dealing with Preference Erosion and Beyond
Volume/Issue: 2005/8
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): Yongzheng Yang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2005
ISBN: 9781451975796
Keywords: Africa, Multilateral trade negotiations, World Trade Organization, Doha Round, preference erosion, special and differential treatment, market access, export markets, tariff cuts, trade barriers,
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...

Africa’s Burgeoning Ties with China Maximizing the benefits of China’s increasing economic engagement with Africa »
Source: Finance & Development, March 2008
Volume/Issue: 45/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 April 2008
ISBN: 9781451922349
Keywords: climate change, emissions, crude oil, opec, oil prices
Commodity Boom: How Long Will It Last?" asks how economies will fare after the record-high prices of key raw materials posted in recent months, which build on dramatic increases from their lows of 2000. The lead ar...

African Economic Outlook: Sustaining Strong Growth Is Africa’s Top Challenge »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 36 Issue 13
Volume/Issue: 36/13
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 November 2007
ISBN: 9781451938609
Keywords: low-income countries, global economy, emerging economies, capital flows, emerging markets
Calls for stronger IMF, World Growth Outlook, Strauss-Kahn Takes Over as New IMF Head, IMFC Communique, Globalization, Global Business Cycle, Capital Flows, Annual Meetings Seminars, Asian Economic Outlook, African...

Aftermath of the CFA Franc Devaluation »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1995
Volume/Issue: 32/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
ISBN: 9781451952643
Keywords: pension, benefits, pensions, payroll, pension plans
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...

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...

Agricultural Development Banks Close Them or Reform Them? »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2000
Volume/Issue: 37/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
ISBN: 9781451952827
Keywords: anticorruption, systemic corruption, anticorruption efforts, anticorruption measures, fight against corruption
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