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Un mundo mejor para todos : Avance hacia los Objetivos Mundiales de Desarrollo »
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 June 2000
Language: Spanish
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451948912.071
ISBN: 9781451948912
Los economistas del FMI trabajan en estrecha colaboración con los países miembros sobre una variedad de temas. Con frecuencia comparten su perspectiva única sobre las experiencias de los distintos países y sobre pr...

Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, 2010 »
Series: Balance of Payments Statistics
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 November 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616350024.044
ISBN: 9781616350024
Keywords: liabilities, debt, payments, portfolio investment, loans, direct investment, financial derivatives, bonds, debt securities, equity securities
The BOPS Yearbook, usually published in December, contains balance of payments statistics for most of the world, compiled in accordance with the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual. Part 1 includes aggregate as well a...

Perspectives économiques régionales, Oct 13 : Afrique subsaharienne Maintenir le rythme »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Language: French
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484369470.086
ISBN: 9781484369470
Keywords: frontier markets, exchange rate, capital inflows, debt, private capital, portfolio flows, balance of payments, structural reforms, exchange rate pegs, foreign exchange
The October 2013 Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa provides a comprehensive report on the prospects for growth in the region, as well as the major risks to the outlook. Generally, growth is expected to...

Alternative Forms of Mineral Taxation, Market Failure and the Environment »
Source: Alternative Forms of Mineral Taxation, Market Failure and the Environment
Volume/Issue: 1992/49
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Timothy Muzondo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 1992
ISBN: 9781451971729
Keywords: environmental externalities, environmental degradation, mineral resources, mineral extraction, extraction costs
This paper examines the environmental effects of mineral taxes in a framework that recognizes the importance of rates and cumulative externalities and proposes an appropriate corrective tax. It concludes that miner...

Did Botswana Escape from the Resource Curse? »
Source: Did Botswana Escape from the Resource Curse?
Volume/Issue: 2006/138
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Atsushi Iimi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2006
ISBN: 9781451863987
Keywords: natural resource, natural resource abundance, natural resource management, middle-income countries, Estimation, Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development,
Botswana is typical of the countries that are endowed with abundant natural resources. Although it is commonly accepted that resource-rich economies tend to fail in accelerating growth, Botswana has experienced the...

Foreign Direct Investment in Africa-Some Case Studies »
Source: Foreign Direct Investment in Africa-Some Case Studies
Volume/Issue: 2002/61
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Anupam Basu , and Krishna Srinivasan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2002
ISBN: 9781451848182
Keywords: stability, fdi, foreign investment, investors, foreign investors, direct investment,
This paper reviews the experiences of a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in attracting fairly large amounts of foreign investment. The review indicates that sustained efforts to promote polit...

Boom, Bust, or Prosperity? Managing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Natural Resource Wealth »
Source: Boom, Bust, or Prosperity? Managing Sub-Saharan Africa's Natural Resource Wealth
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Charlotte Lundgren , Alun Thomas , and Robert York
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 August 2013
ISBN: 9781484369326
Keywords: Natural resources, Fiscal policy, Fiscal sustainability, Public investment, Tax revenues, Transparency, Tax administration, Sub-Saharan Africa, natural resource, extractive industries
Sizeable natural resource endowments and potentially large financial inflows from their extraction provide an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth and development in a growing number of sub-Saharan African...

Financial Deepening, Property Rights and Poverty »
Source: Financial Deepening, Property Rights and Poverty : Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Volume/Issue: 2011/196
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yifei Huang , and Raju Singh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
ISBN: 9781462305230
Keywords: financial development, property rights, dependent variable, gini coefficient, descriptive statistics, Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, Financial Economics: General,
Recent studies on the relationship between financial development and poverty have been inconclusive. Some claim that, by allowing more entrepreneurs to obtain financing, financial development improves the allocatio...

Investing in Public Investment »
Source: Investing in Public Investment : An Index of Public Investment Efficiency
Volume/Issue: 2011/37
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Zac Mills , Annette Kyobe , Jim Brumby , Chris Papageorgiou , and Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
ISBN: 9781455217892
Keywords: public investment management, project appraisal, selection, implementation, and evaluation, growth, investment management, budget institutions, investment projects, investment spending
This paper introduces a new index that captures the institutional environment underpinning public investment management across four different stages: project appraisal, selection, implementation, and evaluation. Co...

Apéndice I. Países ricos en hidrocarburos y minerales; 2000–05 »
Source: Guía sobre la transparencia del ingreso proveniente de los recursos naturales
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2008
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781589067059
Cuadro 1. Países ricos en hidrocarburos; 2000–05 1 2...