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Chapter 11. Operating within the New Global Regulatory Environment »
Source: The Future of Asian Finance
Series: Books
Author(s): Ratna Sahay , Cheng Lim , Chikahisa Sumi , James Walsh , and Jerald Schiff
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 August 2015
ISBN: 9781498317191
Keywords: bond, markets, investment, market, financial crisis
Main Points of this Chapter Asian banks tend to be well capitalized and liquid, with broadly strong supervision—although there are some gaps....
Chapter 1 Demystifying Sovereign Wealth Funds »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have grown rapidly in recent years in both number and assets, emerging as significant and sometimes controversial players in global capital markets. Before 2000, almost two doze...
Chapter 5. Industrial Diversification in Korea: History in Search of Lessons »
Source: Breaking the Oil Spell : The Gulf Falcons' Path to Diversification
Series: Books
Author(s): Reda Cherif , Fuad Hasanov , and Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 April 2016
ISBN: 9781513537863
Keywords: Export diversification, Nonoil sector, Oil exporting countries, Economic development, environment, development, oil, capital, industry, Gulf Falcons,
Koreans define their predicaments in terms of absences. One of the first absences they will lament is that of exportable natural resources, from which stemmed a path of industrialization squarely focused on...
Chapter 5 Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Santiago Principles1 »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
The public policy focus on sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) during 2007–08 raised several important issues relevant for the functioning of the international monetary system. These issues encompassed the manner...
Chapter 13 Sovereign Wealth Funds and Financial Stability: An Event-Study Analysis »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
Since the beginning of the global financial crisis in the summer of 2007, financial stability has been at the forefront of policy discussions. Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have become dominant players in gl...
Chapter 14 The Macroeconomic Impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have come to play an increasingly large role in the global financial landscape. Their rise reflects, in part, the buildup of global current account imbalances in the run-up to t...
Chapter 18 Long-Term Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Sovereign Wealth Funds »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
This crisis will leave an indelible mark on the psyche of every sovereign fund investor. – Senior reserve management official at a major Asian monetar...
Chapter 3. Going Beyond Comparative Advantage: How Singapore Did It »
Source: Breaking the Oil Spell : The Gulf Falcons' Path to Diversification
Series: Books
Author(s): Reda Cherif , Fuad Hasanov , and Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 April 2016
ISBN: 9781513537863
Keywords: Export diversification, Nonoil sector, Oil exporting countries, Economic development, environment, development, oil, capital, industry, Gulf Falcons,
Singapore has been transformed economically, socially, and politically since independence in August 1965. The country’s industrial development strategy evolved from labor intensive in the 1960s, skill intens...
12 Corruption and Military Spending »
Source: Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Series: Books
Author(s): Sanjeev Gupta , and George Abed
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 2002
ISBN: 9781589061163
Keywords: decentralization, military spending, military, tax revenue, government expenditure
1. Introduction In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to understanding the reasons for, and economic consequences of, corruption. The existing literature can be divi...
2 Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures »
Source: Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Series: Books
Author(s): Sanjeev Gupta , and George Abed
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 2002
ISBN: 9781589061163
Keywords: decentralization, military spending, military, tax revenue, government expenditure
I. The Growth of Corruption In recent years, and especially in the 1990s, a phenomenon broadly referred to as corruption has attracted a great deal of attention. In countries develop...