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3. Comparing Mature and Nascent Remittance Corridors: U.S.-Mexico and Canada-Vietnam »
Source: Regulatory Frameworks for Hawala and Other Remittance Systems
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 March 2005
ISBN: 9781589064232
Keywords: remittance, money laundering, remittances, money remittance, alternative remittance
In recent years, as remittance flows and funds transfer systems have become increasingly important for international policymakers, the broad concepts of remittance phenomena have become well documented. This...

United Arab Emirates: Selected Issues »
Source: United Arab Emirates : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2015/220
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 August 2015
ISBN: 9781513524634
Keywords: environment, subsidies, prices, revenue, oil
This Selected Issues paper discusses measures to strengthen fiscal policy and budget frameworks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It provides an overview of government's revenue and expenditure developments, and p...

Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix »
Source: Islamic Republic of Mauritania : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 2006/248
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 July 2006
ISBN: 9781451827576
Keywords: international monetary fund, long ? term, primary deficit
Statistical data and issues are discussed in this paper. Mauritania reached the completion point under the enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. In July 2004, a new economic team took actions to...

Pakistan »
Source: Pakistan : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Volume/Issue: 2010/183
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 July 2010
ISBN: 9781455205226
Keywords: education, literacy, ger, ner, teachers
The distribution of poor population in Pakistan suggests that almost 75 percent of the poor are clustered around the poverty line. The economy moved to a higher growth trajectory in the vicinity of 6-7 percent real...

Azerbaijan Republic: Selected Issues »
Source: Azerbaijan Republic : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2005/17
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 January 2005
ISBN: 9781451802665
Keywords: natural gas, oil products, oil prices, petroleum products, gas prices
This Selected Issues paper on Azerbaijan Republic reports that the government has made substantial progress in dealing with energy-related subsidies. The domestic market for oil products has been tightly regulated...

Ten Principles of the New Environmentalism »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1996
Volume/Issue: 33/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
ISBN: 9781451951899
Keywords: environmentally sustainable development, environment, sustainable development, rural development
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly...

Economic Diversification in the GCC »
Source: Economic Diversification in the GCC : Past, Present, and Future
Volume/Issue: 2014/12
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s): Tim Callen , Reda Cherif , Fuad Hasanov , Amgad Hegazy , and Padamja Khandelwal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 December 2014
ISBN: 9781498303231
Keywords: Export diversification, Exports, Bahrain, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Cross country analysis, Economic growth, Oil revenues, Oman, Private sector, Saudi Arabia
Abstract: The economies of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are heavily reliant on oil. Greater economic diversification would reduce their exposure to volatility and uncertainty in the global oil m...

Article V, Section 12(f) »
Source: Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund
Series: Selected Decisions
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 April 2005
ISBN: 9781589064348
Keywords: payments, debt, obligations, balance of payments, interest
Special Disbursement Account 1 Trust Fund: Termination and Transfer of Resources to Special Disbursement Account...

D. Increase in Quotas of Fund Members—Eleventh General Review »
Source: Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund
Series: Selected Decisions
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 April 2004
ISBN: 9781589063358
Keywords: payments, debt, obligations, purchases, credit
Report of the Executive Board to the Board of Governors 1. Article III, Section 2(a) of the Articles of Agreement provides that “The Board of Governors shall, at interva...

Article III »
Source: Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund
Series: Selected Decisions
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 April 2005
ISBN: 9781589064348
Keywords: payments, debt, obligations, balance of payments, interest
Quotas and Subscriptions Adjustment of Quotas The first interval of five years, at the end of which the Fund shall review the quotas of...