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Stabilization policy in Portugal, 1974–78: Within two years. Portugal moved from a large deficit to a surplus in its balance of payments with a Fund-assisted program »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1981
Volume/Issue: 18/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1981
ISBN: 9781616353469
Keywords: development banking, banking, drainage, irrigation
This paper discusses the appointment of A. W. Clausen as the new World Bank president. Mr. Clausen, 57, joined the Bank of America in 1949 as a trainee just out of the University of Minnesota law school and rose to...
Books: China and India: Drawing Lessons from What Works »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 35, Issue 20
Volume/Issue: 35/20
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2006
ISBN: 9781451968835
Keywords: international monetary fund, public debt, financial sector, Banks and banking, Business Conditions, Capital Market, Carstens Carstens, Agustin Guillermo, 1958-, Economic Development. Finance
Murilo Portugal, Agustin Carstens, Kyrgyz Republic, HIPC, central Asia, Indonesian debt, Saudi Arabian economy, Peter Kenen, European Central Bank, ECB, Danish economy, flexicurity,Burundi's economy, aid volatility...
Comovements and Sectoral Interdependence: Evidence for Latin America, East Asia, and Europe »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 48, No. 2
Volume: 48
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 December 2001
ISBN: 9781451974256
Keywords: growth rate, growth model, tfp, production function, capita income
This paper analyzes the link between product variety and economic growth. It finds support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of product variety relative to the United States helps to explain relative per cap...
Technical Assistance: IMF to Step Up Work with Donors to Boost Effectiveness of Assistance »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 36 Issue 14
Volume/Issue: 36/14
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 December 2007
ISBN: 9781451938630
Keywords: oil prices, oil demand, spot price, organization of petroleum exporting countries, crude prices
Rising Energy Costs, Liberia to get debt relief, Climate Change, World Economic Outlook, European Economic Outlook, Latin American Economic Outlook, Mideast-Central Asia Economic Outlook, Technical Assistance, Rese...
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Source: Finance & Development, September 1981
Volume/Issue: 18/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1981
ISBN: 9781616353469
Keywords: development banking, banking, drainage, irrigation
This paper discusses the appointment of A. W. Clausen as the new World Bank president. Mr. Clausen, 57, joined the Bank of America in 1949 as a trainee just out of the University of Minnesota law school and rose to...
Scarred Generation: In advanced economies, the crisis sparked a huge increase in unemployment among younger workers that will take a long time to abate »
Source: Finance & Development, March 2012
Volume/Issue: 49/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 March 2012
ISBN: 9781451922141
Keywords: young people, world economy, monetary union, current account deficit, national security
Young people, hardest hit by the global economic downturn, are speaking out and demanding change. F&D looks at the need to urgently address the challenges facing youth and create opportunities for them. Harvard pro...
A Passport of Convenience: Offering citizenship in return for investment is a win-win for some small states »
Source: Finance and Development, December 2015
Volume/Issue: 52/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
ISBN: 9781475537161
Keywords: energy, carbon, emissions, climate, investment
This article presents an overview of the life of Richard Layard, who believes that the basic purpose of economics is the maximization of happiness and well-being. As director of the Wellbeing Programme at the Londo...
Promoting private investment: the role of the International Finance Corporation: A review of the experience of this World Bank affiliate in fostering the private sector in developing countries »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1981
Volume/Issue: 18/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1981
ISBN: 9781616353469
Keywords: development banking, banking, drainage, irrigation
This paper discusses the appointment of A. W. Clausen as the new World Bank president. Mr. Clausen, 57, joined the Bank of America in 1949 as a trainee just out of the University of Minnesota law school and rose to...
East Asian Growth Before and After the Crisis »
Source: IMF Staff papers, Volume 46 No. 2
Volume: 46
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
ISBN: 9781451974201
Keywords: exchange rate, real exchange, real exchange rate, current account, international monetary fund
This paper analyzes the predictability of currency crises. The paper evaluates three models for predicting currency crises that were proposed before 1997. Two of the models failed to provide useful forecasts. One m...
Bad News Spreads »
Source: Finance & Development, December 2010
Volume/Issue: 47/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
ISBN: 9781451922356
Keywords: emerging markets, recession, international monetary fund, financial markets
This issue of F&D looks at the growing role of emerging markets. Analysis by the IMF's Ayhan Kose and Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell University, argues that their economic ascendance will enable...