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Adjustment to external shocks: East Asia’s success examined »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1984
Volume/Issue: 21/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1984
ISBN: 9781616353599
Keywords: balance of payments, domestic savings, income distribution, aggregate demand, external borrowing
This paper reviews the increasing private capital flows to less developed countries. The share of developing countries in the foreign direct investment is small, perhaps less than 30 percent of the total. The effec...

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...

Agricultural Diversification in Asia: Should some countries shift out of rice? »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1988
Volume/Issue: 25/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1988
ISBN: 9781616353735
Keywords: debt, finance, indebted countries, monetary fund, creditors, Finances And Development,
This paper presents the views of Michel Camdessus, Managing Director of the IMF, on how the IMF can face new challenges. Camdessus believes that the key responsibility for resolving debt difficulties lies with the...

Analyzing and adjusting government expenditure in LDCs »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1985
Volume/Issue: 22/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1985
ISBN: 9781616353612
Keywords: expenditure, programs, expenditures, expenditure policies, government expenditure
The analysis and adjustment of government expenditure in less developed countries is discussed. A better balance between supply and demand in the public sector can be achieved by raising budgetary revenues, or by c...

Book Notices »
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...

Books »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1985
Volume/Issue: 22/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1985
ISBN: 9781616353612
Keywords: expenditure, programs, expenditures, expenditure policies, government expenditure
The analysis and adjustment of government expenditure in less developed countries is discussed. A better balance between supply and demand in the public sector can be achieved by raising budgetary revenues, or by c...

Books: The global assembly line; decision making in international organizations; policy making in Mexico; managing and analyzing risk; OPEC investments; performance and prospects in industrial countries; energy policy; basic needs; and housing finance »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1985
Volume/Issue: 22/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1985
ISBN: 9781616353636
Keywords: exchange, exchange rate, exchange rates, finance, balance of payments
This paper elaborates the introduction of surveillance that gave the IMF broader responsibilities with respect to oversight of its members' policies than existed under the par value system. The IMF's purview has be...

Central Bank Independence and Transparency »
Source: Central Bank Independence and Transparency : Evolution and Effectiveness
Volume/Issue: 2008/119
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Christopher Crowe , and Ellen Meade
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
ISBN: 9781451869798
Keywords: inflation, central bank, inflation targeting, monetary fund
This paper examines the current level of central bank independence (CBI) and transparency in a broad sample of countries using newly constructed measures, and looks at the evolution in both measures from an earlier...

Contributors to this Issue »
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...

Cooperating for growth and adjustment: The 1985 Annual Meetings of the Bank and the Fund »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1985
Volume/Issue: 22/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1985
ISBN: 9781616353636
Keywords: exchange, exchange rate, exchange rates, finance, balance of payments
This paper elaborates the introduction of surveillance that gave the IMF broader responsibilities with respect to oversight of its members' policies than existed under the par value system. The IMF's purview has be...