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II Setting of Economic Reform »
Source: The Lao People's Democratic Republic : Systemic Transformation and Adjustment
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Ichiro Otani , and Chi Pham
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 May 1996
ISBN: 9781557755605
Keywords: banking, exchange rate, foreign exchange, privatization, foreign investment
The Country at a Glance The Lao P.D.R. is a landlocked, largely mountainous country in the center of the Indochina peninsula. Rugged terrain and elevations separate the country from...

I. Introduction »
Source: Thailand : Adjusting to Success: Current Policy Issues
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): David Robinson , Ranjit Teja , Yangho Byeon , and Wanda Tseng
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1991
ISBN: 9781557752215
Keywords: bank of thailand, foreign direct investment, direct investment, expenditure, financial institutions
Thailand’s economic performance over the past several decades is an excellent example of successful development, combining adjustment with growth. The achievements of the 1980s continue this record. Early in...

Appendix V The Lao Government's Policy Agenda, 1994/95–1999/2000 »
Source: The Lao People's Democratic Republic : Systemic Transformation and Adjustment
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Ichiro Otani , and Chi Pham
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 May 1996
ISBN: 9781557755605
Keywords: banking, exchange rate, foreign exchange, privatization, foreign investment
As described in the Committee for Planning and Cooperation's Medium-Term Policy Framework and Public Investment Program, the Lao Government's ambitious policy agenda for 1994/95–199...

VI. The Economy in a Regional Perspective »
Source: Thailand : Adjusting to Success: Current Policy Issues
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): David Robinson , Ranjit Teja , Yangho Byeon , and Wanda Tseng
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1991
ISBN: 9781557752215
Keywords: bank of thailand, foreign direct investment, direct investment, expenditure, financial institutions
After four consecutive years of rapid growth (averaging over 11 percent a year), moderate inflation, and record balance of payments surpluses, Thailand has emerged as one of the most dynamic economies in the...

APPENDIX III A Review of Policies in Fund Programs, 1980–84 »
Source: Fund-Supported Programs, Fiscal Policy, and Income Distribution
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1986
ISBN: 9780939934645
Keywords: taxation, expenditure, salaries, subsidies, income distribution
Selection of the Sample The Fund approved 117 stand-by programs and 23 extended facilities from January 1980 to December 1984, for 68 countries. Twenty-two countries had programs in...

III A Framework for National Economic Management »
Source: Oil Exporters' Economic Development in an Interdependent World
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Jahangir Amuzegar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 April 1983
ISBN: 9781557750785
Keywords: opec, oil exporting, exporting developing countries, oil exports, oil exporting countries
Critical choices of development strategy facing the oil exporting developing countries revolve around the prospects for and limitations of their underlying economic structure as major oil exporters. On the p...