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Cross-Border Issues in Energy Trade in the CIS Countries »
Source: Cross-Border Issues in Energy Trade in the CIS Countries
Volume/Issue: 2002/13
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): Clinton Shiells , John Dodsworth , and Paul Mathieu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2002
ISBN: 9781451968958
Keywords: Energy sector, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Former Soviet Union, Transition economies, Regional issues, oil products, crude oil, natural gas
This paper explores from a regional perspective the distorted nature of trade in energy products within the CIS countries. The persistence of pricing distortions, barter arrangements, and discriminatory access to p...
FDI and the Investment Climate in the CIS Countries »
Source: FDI and the Investment Climate in the CIS Countries
Volume/Issue: 2003/5
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): Clinton Shiells
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2003
ISBN: 9781451972849
Keywords: Former Soviet Union, Montenegro, Transition economies, Investment climate, FDI, Regional issues, investment, capital flows, direct investment,
In view of disappointing levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper examines capital flows into the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries and investigates the main impediments to a mo...
2 Macroeconomic Developments in 1995 and Early 1996 »
Source: Central Bank Reform in the Transition Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 1997
ISBN: 9781557756084
Keywords: national bank, banking, central bank, foreign exchange, banking system
The key to the broad-based macroeconomic stabilization that has taken hold since early 1995 has been a deeper understanding among the authorities of the role of strict financial pol...
5 Foreign Exchange Operations, Markets, and Reserve Management »
Source: Central Bank Reform in the Transition Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 1997
ISBN: 9781557756084
Keywords: national bank, banking, central bank, foreign exchange, banking system
Over the last four years, the transition countries have, on the whole, moved substantially toward more market-based exchange rate arrangements, with a view to promoting both greater...
6 Payments System Reform »
Source: Central Bank Reform in the Transition Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 1997
ISBN: 9781557756084
Keywords: national bank, banking, central bank, foreign exchange, banking system
Most transition countries are undertaking far-reaching reforms of their payments systems both to resolve urgent problems and to underpin development of efficient and stable systems...
Chapter V.7 Metals and Mining »
Source: A Study of the Soviet Economy. 3-volume set : 3-Volume Set
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1991
ISBN: 9789264134683
Keywords: prices, payments, credit, interest, wage
1. THE ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE METAL MINING INDUSTRY The metal mining and smelting operations of the USSR are found at widely scattered and often very remote locations thro...
Chapter II.3 The New Reform Effort »
Source: A Study of the Soviet Economy. 3-volume set : 3-Volume Set
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 December 1991
ISBN: 9789264134683
Keywords: prices, payments, credit, interest, wage
1. THE REFORM DEBATE The deterioration of Soviet economic performance during the late 1980s, continuing at an accelerating rate into 1990, pointed clearly to the inadequacies of the...
7 Central Bank Accounting and Internal Audit »
Source: Central Bank Reform in the Transition Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 1997
ISBN: 9781557756084
Keywords: national bank, banking, central bank, foreign exchange, banking system
The broad focus of reforms in central bank accounting and internal audit has been on the implementation of accounting systems that are both relevant and practical for supporting the...
10 The Integration of Low-Income CIS-7 Countries into the World Trading System »
Source: The Low-Income Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States : Progress and Challenges in Transition
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Sarosh Sattar , and Clinton Shiells
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 April 2004
ISBN: 9781589063211
Keywords: debt, external debt, expenditures, current account, transition economies
More effective integration into the world trading system is part of the transition from central planning to markets. Based on market forces, international trade promotes more effici...
4 Monetary Operations, Money Markets, and Public Debt Management »
Source: Central Bank Reform in the Transition Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 1997
ISBN: 9781557756084
Keywords: national bank, banking, central bank, foreign exchange, banking system
Transition economies have on the whole made good progress in introducing indirect monetary policy instruments, but much still remains to be done to bring monetary operations to mode...