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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...
How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies? »
Source: How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies?
Volume/Issue: 2015/105
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): David Coady , Ian Parry , Louis Sears , and Baoping Shang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 May 2015
ISBN: 9781513532196
Keywords: energy subsidies, efficient taxation, deadweight loss, revenue, subsidies, tax, vehicle, traffic, subsidy, Demand and Supply
This paper provides a comprehensive, updated picture of energy subsidies at the global and regional levels. It focuses on the broad notion of post-tax energy subsidies, which arise when consumer prices are below su...
Appendix 2. Assessing Potential Revenue: Two Approaches »
Source: Fiscal Monitor, October 2013 : Taxing Times
Series: Fiscal Monitor
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 October 2013
ISBN: 9781484357583
Keywords: taxation, tax reform, fiscal projections, public debt, tax systems
The main text reports on two rather different ways of assessing revenue potential, giving complementary perspectives on the scope to raise more. Peer analysis Peer analysis,...
Methodological and Statistical Appendix »
Source: Fiscal Monitor, October 2013 : Taxing Times
Series: Fiscal Monitor
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 October 2013
ISBN: 9781484357583
Keywords: taxation, tax reform, fiscal projections, public debt, tax systems
This appendix comprises five sections: “Data and Conventions” provides a general description of the data and of the conventions used for calculating economy group composites. “Fiscal Policy Assumptions” summ...
Increases in Quotas: Fourth Quinquennial Review »
Source: IMF History Volume 3 (1945-1965) : Twenty Years of International Monetary Cooperation Volume III: Documents
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 February 1996
ISBN: 9781451972511
Keywords: gold, member country, balance of payments, foreign exchange, international trade
The Fund is required at intervals of five years to review the quotas of members and to propose any adjustments that it believes to be desirable. No changes were proposed in the course of the fir...
1. Recent Fiscal Developments and the Short-Term Outlook »
Source: Fiscal Monitor, October 2013 : Taxing Times
Series: Fiscal Monitor
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 October 2013
ISBN: 9781484357583
Keywords: taxation, tax reform, fiscal projections, public debt, tax systems
In advanced economies, fiscal consolidation is proceeding, although at varying speeds The average fiscal deficit of advanced economies is set to narrow by 1½ percent of GDP in 2013 (...
Enlargement of Fund Resources Through Increases in Quotas »
Source: IMF History Volume 3 (1945-1965) : Twenty Years of International Monetary Cooperation Volume III: Documents
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 February 1996
ISBN: 9781451972511
Keywords: gold, member country, balance of payments, foreign exchange, international trade
At the Annual Meetings in 1958 the subject discussed in the preceding document was extensively canvassed by Governors. On the motion of the Governor for the United States, a resolution was passe...
CHAPTER I PROSPECTS AND POLICY CHALLENGES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2001 : The Information Technology Revolution
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 May 2001
ISBN: 9781589060739
Keywords: capital account liberalization, information technology, capital flows, fdi, external financing
Since the May 2001 World Economic Outlook, prospects for 2001–02 have weakened further, and downside risks have been further exacerbated by the recent terrorist attack in the United States (see...
CHAPTER IV INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2001 : The Information Technology Revolution
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 May 2001
ISBN: 9781589060739
Keywords: capital account liberalization, information technology, capital flows, fdi, external financing
Globalization of the world economy has been driven by a variety of forces: rising trade in goods, increasing international capital flows, greater technological spillovers, and growing labor mobility. This ch...
CHAPTER II INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES: THREE PERSPECTIVES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2001 : The Information Technology Revolution
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 May 2001
ISBN: 9781589060739
Keywords: capital account liberalization, information technology, capital flows, fdi, external financing
The three essays in this chapter focus on current policy issues involving interactions across national economies. Given that the global economy is in a synchronized slowdown in economic activity, the first t...