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Czech Republic »
Source: Czech Republic : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2008/40
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 January 2008
ISBN: 9781451810271
Keywords: tax rate, income tax, personal income tax, corporate income tax
This paper reviews the fiscal reform of the Czech Republic, its key reform measures, and structural implications. The study also focuses on key challenges and demographic pressures facing the Czech economy, and des...

Tax and Welfare Reforms in the Czech Republic-Structural Implications and Challenges »
Source: Tax and Welfare Reforms in the Czech Republic-Structural Implications and Challenges
Volume/Issue: 2008/52
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Thomas Dalsgaard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2008
ISBN: 9781451869149
Keywords: Structural reform, marginal effective tax rates, flat tax, tax rates, taxation, effective tax rates, tax credits, personal income tax,
The paper provides an analysis and discussion of key structural implications of the 2007 and 2008 welfare and tax reforms in the Czech Republic. Based on a detailed micro-study of marginal and average effective tax...

Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms »
Source: Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms : Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America
Volume/Issue: 2008/26
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yuko Kinoshita , and Nauro Campos
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2008
ISBN: 9781451868883
Keywords: fdi, financial sector, direct investment
This paper investigates the role of structural reforms -financial reforms, trade liberalization, and privatization- as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Lat...

Informality and Regulations »
Source: Informality and Regulations : What Drives Firm Growth?
Volume/Issue: 2007/112
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Era Dabla-Norris , and Gabriela Inchauste
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2007
ISBN: 9781451866766
Keywords: Firm growth, informality, business environment, Transition countries, regulatory burden, survey, organized crime, correlation, standard errors,
The paper relies on a rich firm-level data set on transition economies to examine the role of informality as an important channel through which regulatory and other policy constraints affect firm growth. We find th...

DOCUMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, September 26-28, 2000
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 November 2000
ISBN: 9781589060777
Keywords: debt, international financial, globalization, debt relief, interest
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 1...

REPORT TO THE BOARDS OF GOVERNORS OF THE FUND AND THE BANK BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARDS OF GOVERNORS ON THE TRANSFER OF REAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE) »
Source: Summary Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, September 26-28, 2000
Series: Summary Proceedings
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 November 2000
ISBN: 9781589060777
Keywords: debt, international financial, globalization, debt relief, interest
As Chairman of the Development Committee, I am pleased to report to you on the Committee’s work during the two meetings held this year. Let me first express, on behalf of the Commit...

Privatization in Transition Countries: Lessons of the First Decade »
Source: Privatization in Transition Countries : Lessons from the First Decade
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s): Oleh Havrylyshyn , and Donal McGettigan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 August 2000
Language: Czech
ISBN: 9781557758965
Keywords: environment, privatization, market, environments, property rights
Adecade ago, with the breakup of the Soviet Union and the start of market-oriented reforms in many former socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe, the prospect of privatizing inefficient state-owne...

VI. Panel Discussion »
Source: Western Europe in Transition : Impact of Opening Up Eastern Europe
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 August 1997
ISBN: 9781451954500
Keywords: capital inflows, capital flows, capital markets, free trade, capital outflows
1. Andràs Inotai, Institute of World Economics, Budapest I would like to summarize my remarks in seven points, which I hope will provoke an interesting discussion. First,...

6 Banking Crisis and Recovery »
Source: Russia Rebounds
Series: Books
Author(s): David Robinson , and David Owen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 September 2003
ISBN: 9781589062078
Keywords: banking, banking system, tax administration, expenditure, bonds
The August 1998 crisis had an immediate and significant impact on the banking system. The combination of the government’s de facto default on its domestic debt and the sharp devaluation of the ruble provided...

Appendix I Statement of Purpose of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units »
Source: Financial Intelligence Units : An Overview
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 June 2004
ISBN: 9781589063495
Keywords: money laundering, competent authorities, criminal activity, suspicious transactions, terrorist financing
The Hague, 13 June 2001 Recognising the international nature of money laundering; Realising that in order to counter money la...