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Emerging Issues in Banking Regulation »
Source: Emerging Issues in Banking Regulation
Volume/Issue: 2003/101
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Sunil Sharma , Ralph Chami , and Mohsin Khan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2003
ISBN: 9781451852530
Keywords: regulation, Basel standards, deposit insurance, bank capital, financial intermediaries, financial institutions, Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation, Financial Institutions and Services,
The paper provides an overview of the profound and rapid changes in banking brought about by technology and deregulation, and discusses the hurdles that will have to be negotiated for putting in place the three pil...

Islamic Banking »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Abbas Mirakhor , and Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 March 1987
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9780939934829.084
ISBN: 9780939934829
Keywords: banking, banking system, islamic banking, law, state bank
This study was prepared by Zubair Iqbal of the Middle Eastern Department and Abbas Mirakhor of the Research Department. To collect information and views for the study, the authors held discussions with the authorit...

Regional Economic Outlook, Middle East and Central Asia, October 2015 »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 October 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513528526.086
ISBN: 9781513528526
Keywords: environment, oil, oil prices, prices, exporters
This issue discusses economic developments in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP), which continue to reflect the diversity of conditions prevailing across the region. Most high-income o...

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2011, Middle East and Central Asia »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616350642.086
ISBN: 9781616350642
Keywords: oil importers, oil exporters, oil and gas, subsidies, oil prices
This issue of the Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia provides an in-depth look at the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) region, as well as the Caucasus and Central As...

Bond Restructuring and Moral Hazard »
Source: Bond Restructuring and Moral Hazard : Are Collective Action Clauses Costly?
Volume/Issue: 2001/92
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Torbjorn Becker , Anthony Richards , and Yunyong Thaicharoen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2001
ISBN: 9781451851595
Keywords: Bond restructuring, contract design, law, bonds, bond, bondholders, International Lending and Debt Problems,
Many official groups have endorsed the wider use by emerging market borrowers of contract clauses which allow for a qualified majority of bondholders to restructure repayment terms in the event of financial distres...

Letter from the Editor »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1996
Volume/Issue: 33/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
ISBN: 9781451951899
Keywords: environmentally sustainable development, environment, sustainable development, rural development
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Sustainable Development: From Theory to Practice »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1996
Volume/Issue: 33/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
ISBN: 9781451951899
Keywords: environmentally sustainable development, environment, sustainable development, rural development
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Ten Principles of the New Environmentalism »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1996
Volume/Issue: 33/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
ISBN: 9781451951899
Keywords: environmentally sustainable development, environment, sustainable development, rural development
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Rural Development, Agriculture, and Food Security »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1996
Volume/Issue: 33/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
ISBN: 9781451951899
Keywords: environmentally sustainable development, environment, sustainable development, rural development
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Cities in the Developing World: Agenda for Action Following Habitat II »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1996
Volume/Issue: 33/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
ISBN: 9781451951899
Keywords: environmentally sustainable development, environment, sustainable development, rural development
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