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Inequality and Unsustainable Growth »
Source: Inequality and Unsustainable Growth : Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Volume/Issue: 2011/8
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s): Jonathan Ostry , and Andrew Berg
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 April 2011
ISBN: 9781463926564
Keywords: Cross country analysis, Developed countries, Economic growth, Emerging markets, Income distribution, Poverty reduction, sustainable growth, per capita income, external debt, external shocks
This note raises the IMF’s profile on a number of issues related to inequality, unemployment, governance, etc. It builds on earlier empirical work that examined correlations between growth downbreaks/duratio...

China's Impacts on SSA through the Lens of Growth and Exports* »
Source: China's Impacts on SSA through the Lens of Growth and Exports
Volume/Issue: 2017/288
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yibin Mu , Chu Wang , and Dong Frank Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 December 2017
ISBN: 9781484335406
Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Development, Exports, Growth, China Economy, SSA, General, Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads...

Emerging Markets in Transition »
Source: Emerging Markets in Transition : Growth Prospects and Challenges
Volume/Issue: 2014/6
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s): Luis Cubeddu , Alexander Culiuc , Ghada Fayad , Yuan Gao , Kalpana Kochhar , Annette Kyobe , Ceyda Oner , Roberto Perrelli , Sarah Sanya , Evridiki Tsounta , and Zhongxia Zhang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 June 2014
ISBN: 9781498327664
Keywords: Emerging markets, growth, potential growth, convergence, heterogeneity, structural reform, productivity, terms of trade, trading partners, commodity prices
After a short-lived slowdown in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis and a swift rebound, emerging markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the po...

The Framework for Policymaking in the Fund »
Source: Fund and China in the international Monetary System (Hardcover)
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 May 1999
ISBN: 9781451947830
Keywords: inflation, balance of payments, monetary system, international monetary system, monetary fund
At the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, the framework for policymaking in the International Monetary Fund was the subject of considerable debate, which reflected the importance both of the tasks that would...

Chapter 3. Determinants of Growth in Cambodia and Other Low-Income Countries in Asia: Evidence from Country Panel Data »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
This chapter explores the determinants of long-term sustainable growth in Cambodia from a cross-country analysis of the sources of growth. Section A describes Cambodia’s recent economic growth performance an...

Chapter 16. The Redistributive Impact of Government Spending on Education and Health: Evidence from Thirteen Developing Countries in the Commitment to Equity Project »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
Introduction Two key indicators of a government’s (or society’s) commitment to equalizing opportunities and reducing poverty and social exclusion are the share of total income devote...

Technical Assistance in Action »
Source: IMF Technical Assistance : Transferring Knowledge and Best Practice
Series: EXR Pamphlets
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 May 2003
ISBN: 9781589060999
Keywords: banking, public expenditure, taxation, tax administration, banking system
Technical assistance can improve lives in a variety of ways. In the next few pages we take a look at examples of how the IMF has helped governments build institutional capacity in Africa; meet i...

Comment: The Role of the IMF »
Source: Dollars, Debt, and Deficits : Sixty Years After Bretton Woods
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2005
ISBN: 9781589064539
Keywords: Deficit financing, Budget deficits, exchange rate, public debt, foreign assets, current account, foreign liabilities
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi Director General for International Finance, Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance I will base my discussion on the following question: how do t...

Fixed or Flexible? Getting the Exchange Rate Right in the 1990s »
Source: Fixed or Flexible? Getting the Exchange Rate Right in the 1990s
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s): Jahangir Aziz , and Francesco Caramazza
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 April 1998
ISBN: 9781455220038
Keywords: exchange rate, capital inflows, exchange rates, flexible exchange rate, exchange rate arrangements
Analysts agree that “getting the exchange rate right” is essential for economic stability and growth in developing countries. Over the past two decades, many developing countries ha...

Fixed or Flexible?: Getting the Exchange Rate Right in the 1990s »
Source: Fixed or Flexible : Getting the Exchange Rate Right in the 1990s
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 April 1998
ISBN: 9781557756923
Keywords: exchange rate, capital inflows, exchange rates, flexible exchange rate, exchange rate arrangements
Analysts agree that “getting the exchange rate right” is essential for economic stability and growth in developing countries. Over the past two decades, many developing countries have shifted away from fixed...