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Opening Address by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors and Governor of the Bank and the Fund for the Democratic Republic of the Congo »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2006
ISBN: 9781589065123
Keywords: debt, debt relief, debt cancellation, oil prices, world economy
President Wolfowitz, Managing Director de Rato, my fellow Governors, Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen: I would like to welcome you all to the 2005 Annual Meetings of the World Ba...
Population, Agriculture, and the Environment in Africa »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1992
Volume/Issue: 29/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1992
ISBN: 9781451952513
Keywords: debt reduction, bank publications, bank staff, debt crisis, commercial debt
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly...
External Debt Problem of Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: Analytical Issues in Debt
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1989
ISBN: 9781557750419
Keywords: debt, interest, creditors, debt relief, payments
MOST OF THE RECENT discussion of external debt problems of developing countries has centered on middle-income countries, particularly those in Latin America. Apart f...
4 Structural Adjustment Policies and Private Sector Development: Experience of Six Central African States »
Source: External Assistance and Policies for Growth in Africa
Series: Other Statistical Electronic Products
Author(s): Claire Liuksila
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1995
ISBN: 9781557755254
Keywords: debt, debt management, external debt, debt service, interest
Adjustment policies are very important for the private sector. In fact, internal and external liberalization measures, which constitute the traditional elements of structural adjust...
Appendix X (i) SCHEDULE OF PAR VALUES—as of May 30, 1953 »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 1953
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Keywords: exchange, payments, trade, currency, exports
CURRENCIES OF METROPOLITAN AREAS Member Currency Par ValuesIn Terms of Gold...
12 Debt Strategy: The African Point of View »
Source: External Assistance and Policies for Growth in Africa
Series: Other Statistical Electronic Products
Author(s): Claire Liuksila
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1995
ISBN: 9781557755254
Keywords: debt, debt management, external debt, debt service, interest
Most of the world’s developing countries have used external indebtedness to finance their development. Today, this indebtedness is the main obstacle to the economic growth of these...
Chapter 6. The Right Energy Taxes and Their Impacts »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
This chapter summarizes the corrective tax estimates for coal, natural gas, and motor fuels based on the assumptions discussed in previous chapters, both for selected countries and,...
Chapter 7. Energy Subsidies and Public Social Spending: Theory and Evidence »
Source: Fiscal Politics
Series: Books
Author(s): Vitor Gaspar , Sanjeev Gupta , and Carlos Mulas-Granados
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 April 2017
ISBN: 9781475547900
Keywords: Fiscal Policy, Budgets, Politics, Political Economy, Elections, Institutions, Parties
Introduction Many studies have stressed the fiscal cost and environmental impact of energy subsidies (see, for example, IEA 2011; IMF 2013a; Parry and others 2014; and World Bank 201...
IV Monetary Reserves »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 1953
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Keywords: exchange, payments, trade, currency, exports
Much attention has been paid in recent years to the question whether foreign exchange reserves are adequate either to permit the removal of trade and exchange restrictions imposed for balance of payments pur...
Chapter 4. Measuring Pollution Damage from Fuel Use »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
This chapter begins with a brief review of the literature on valuing climate change damage from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The heart of the chapter is about measuring damage fr...