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What Macroeconomists Should Know about Health Care Policy »
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Peter Heller , and William Hsiao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589066182.058
ISBN: 9781589066182
Keywords: Health care, public health, health services, health policy, health expenditure
This primer explains why macroeconomists need to be concerned with issues of health policy and elaborates the essential information that a macroeconomist should know in providing inputs to discussions on health sec...

Preserving Financial Stability »
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s): Garry Schinasi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 January 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589063563.051
ISBN: 9781589063563
Keywords: Financial risk, Financial stability, financial stability, financial system, financial institutions, financial markets, financial services
Spurred by advances in information and computer technologies, financial liberalization and innovation took off inthe late 1970s. Although the changes in financial markets have been beneficial overall, our understan...

A Review of PPP-Adjusted GDP Estimation and its Potential Use for the Fund's Operational Purposes »
Source: A Review of PPP-Adjusted GDP Estimation and its Potential Use for the Fund's Operational Purposes
Volume/Issue: 1995/18
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Nancy Wagner
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 1995
ISBN: 9781451843613
Keywords: purchasing power parity, civil service
International comparison of economic aggregates, expressed in domestic currencies, requires their conversion into a common numeraire currency such as the U.S. dollar or the SDR. Since market (or official) exchange...

Côte d’Ivoire »
Source: Côte d'Ivoire : Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Decision Point Document
Volume/Issue: 2009/190
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 June 2009
ISBN: 9781451807950
Keywords: debt relief, debt service, debt sustainability
This paper examines Côte d'Ivoire's debt sustainability analysis undertaken in connection with the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. The crisis years led to a substantial increase in poverty...

Côte d’Ivoire »
Source: Côte d'Ivoire : Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: Preliminary Document
Volume/Issue: 2009/33
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 January 2009
ISBN: 9781451807912
Keywords: debt relief, debt service, external debt, traditional debt relief
This paper discusses Côte d'Ivoire's preliminary assessment of eligibility for assistance under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. The March 2007 Ouagadougou Political Accord provides a roadma...

Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe »
Source: Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe : Debt Relief at the Completion Point Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and Under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
Volume/Issue: 2007/173
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 May 2007
ISBN: 9781451835137
Keywords: debt service, debt sustainability, Sao Tome and Principe,
This paper examines the consideration of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe's debt relief at the completion point under the enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Debt Relief unde...

Côte d'Ivoire »
Source: Côte d'Ivoire : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 1998/46
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 June 1998
ISBN: 9781451807837
Keywords: export tax, debt service, export price, producer prices, public debt
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines performance of Cote d'lvoire under the 1994-96 programs. The paper highlights that the government's medium-term adjustment strategy for 1994-96, which wa...

Côte d'Ivoire: Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative »
Source: Côte d'Ivoire : Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; Press Release
Volume/Issue: 2012/170
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 July 2012
ISBN: 9781475506266
Keywords: debt, external debt, debt relief, creditors, debt service
In April 2009, the Boards of Executive Directors of the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed that Côte d'Ivoire had met the requirements for reaching the deci...

IMF and World Bank Announce more than US$4 Billion in Debt Relief for Côte d’Ivoire »
Source: Côte d'Ivoire : Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; Press Release
Volume/Issue: 2012/170
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 July 2012
ISBN: 9781475506266
Keywords: debt, external debt, debt relief, creditors, debt service
In April 2009, the Boards of Executive Directors of the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed that Côte d'Ivoire had met the requirements for reaching the deci...

Progress in China's Banking Sector Reform »
Source: Progress in China's Banking Sector Reform : Has Bank Behavior Changed?
Volume/Issue: 2006/71
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Richard Podpiera
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2006
ISBN: 9781451863314
Keywords: reforms, nonperforming loans, banking, commercial banks, investors, capital adequacy, Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation,
Substantial effort has been devoted to reforming China's banking system in recent years. The authorities recapitalized three large state-owned banks, introduced new governance structures, and brought in foreign str...