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Financial markets recover: IMF adapts to changing global environment to meet member countries’ needs »
Source: IMF Survey Supplement 1999
Volume/Issue: 28/0
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
ISBN: 9781451951059
Keywords: financial system, member countries, financial markets, world economy, macroeconomic policies
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...

Technical Cooperation within the Third World »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1972
Volume/Issue: 9/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1972
ISBN: 9781616353100
Keywords: pollution, population growth, population problem, demographers, world population
This paper describes what the limits to growth are. The paper highlights that many critical variables in global society-particularly population and industrial production-have been growing at a constant percentage r...

Understanding the Investment Climate »
Source: Finance & Development, March 2005
Volume/Issue: 42/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2005
ISBN: 9781451953909
Keywords: trading system, global trading, freer trade, press, facsimile
This paper highlights that the current round of trade talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization aims at better integrating developing countries-especially the small and poor ones-into the global trad...

The Fund Meeting »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1972
Volume/Issue: 9/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1972
ISBN: 9781616353100
Keywords: pollution, population growth, population problem, demographers, world population
This paper describes what the limits to growth are. The paper highlights that many critical variables in global society-particularly population and industrial production-have been growing at a constant percentage r...

A Debt Overhang Model for Low-Income Countries »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 4
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067257
Keywords: copper, nickel, zinc, lead, tin, Super Cycles in Real Metals Prices?,
In this issue, John T. Cuddington and Daniel Jerrett from the Colorado School of Mines examine whether metals prices are in a "super cycle" upswing driven by intensive economic growth in China, in particular. Using...

From Ambition to Execution »
Source: From Ambition to Execution : Policies in Support of Sustainable Development Goals
Volume/Issue: 2015/18
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s): Stefania Fabrizio , Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu , Catherine Pattillo , Adrian Peralta-Alva , Andrea Presbitero , Baoping Shang , Genevieve Verdier , Marie-Therese Camilleri , Kazuaki Washimi , Lisa Kolovich , Monique Newiak , Martin Cihak , Inci Otker , Luis-Felipe Zanna , and Carol Baker
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513573304
Keywords: Inclusive growth, Income inequality, Gender, Environmental sustainability, Sustainable development, Fiscal policy, Developing countries, sustainable development goals, growth, structural transformation
The formal launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets the global development agenda through 2030, placing significant emphasis on promoting social and environmental sustainability alongside economic gr...

Chapter 3 Fiscal Deficits and the Inflation Process »
Source: Inflation and Growth in China
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 June 1996
ISBN: 9781557755421
Keywords: inflation, monetary policy, money supply, foreign exchange, central bank
Costs of Inflation There is no doubt that high rates of inflation impose serious costs upon the affected economies. Much of the literature on this subject is couched in terms of the...

Chapter 8. International Experience of De-Dollarization »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
This chapter summarizes recent research by IMF staff on country experiences of de-dollarization. Section A describes recent global trends of increasing dollarization and the experience with price stability a...

APPENDICES »
Source: Supply-Side Tax Policy : Its Relevance to Developing Countries
Series: Books
Author(s): Ved Gandhi , Liam Ebrill , Parthasarathi Shome , Luis Manas Anton , Jitendra Modi , Fernando Sanchez-Ugarte , and George Mackenzie
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 June 1987
ISBN: 9780939934911
Keywords: tax evasion, tax incentives, taxation, tax rates, tax system
APPENDIX I Statistical Tables Jitendra R. Modi, Somchai Richupan, and Chris Wu Many of the statistical tables included in this Appendix were...

11 Fiscal Dimensions of Trade Policy »
Source: Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, and Growth in Developing Countries
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 June 1989
ISBN: 9781557750341
Keywords: inflation, trade taxes, fiscal policy, fiscal deficit, tax revenue
Ziba Farhadian-Lorie and Menachem Katz I. Introduction The recent pattern of trade liberalization in developing countries and the renew...