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50 Years is Enough

Author : Kevin Danaher

Publisher : South End Press

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 37,17 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780896084957

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As the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) celebrate fifty years of economic dominion over the Third World, this reader brings the best progressive authors together to critique these two main proponents of neo-liberalism. 50 Years is Enough covers such topics as failed development projects, the feminization of poverty, the detruction of the environment, the internal workings of the World Bank and the IMF, and the struggle to build alternatives to neo-liberal policies.It also includes a guide to the many organizations involved in the struggle to reform the World Bank and the IMF.



International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 2018

Author : International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.

Publisher : International Monetary Fund

Page : 1471 pages

File Size : 17,45 MB

Release : 2018-08-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1484354281

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This 2018 yearbook issue of International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. The IMF publishes calculated effective exchange rates data only for countries that have given their approval. The country, euro area, and world tables provide measures of effective exchange rates, compiled by the IMF’s Research Department, Statistics Department, and area departments. The real effective exchange rate index in line rec is derived from the nominal effective exchange rate index, adjusted for relative changes in consumer prices. Consumer price indices, often available monthly, are used as a measure of domestic costs and prices for these countries.



The Global Informal Workforce

Author : International Monetary Fund

Publisher : International Monetary Fund

Page : 414 pages

File Size : 21,16 MB

Release : 2021-07-23

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1513575910

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The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the macroeconomy. The book covers interactions between the informal economy, labor and product markets, gender equality, fiscal institutions and outcomes, social protection, and financial inclusion. Informality is a widespread and persistent phenomenon that affects how fast economies can grow, develop, and provide decent economic opportunities for their populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to uncover the vulnerabilities of the informal workforce.



The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy

Author : Mark S. Copelovitch

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 395 pages

File Size : 43,39 MB

Release : 2010-06-10

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1139485962

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The explosive growth and increasing complexity of global financial markets are defining characteristics of the contemporary world economy. Unfortunately, financial globalization has been accompanied by a marked increase in the frequency and severity of financial crises. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken a central role in managing these crises through its loans to developing countries. Despite extensive analysis and criticism of the IMF in recent years, key questions remain unanswered. Why does the Fund treat some countries more generously than others? To what extent is IMF lending driven by political factors rather than economic concerns? In whose interests does the IMF act? In this book, Mark Copelovitch offers novel answers to these questions. Combining statistical analysis with detailed case studies, he demonstrates how the politics and policies of the IMF have evolved over the last three decades in response to fundamental changes in the composition of international capital flows.



In the Wake of the Crisis

Author : Olivier Blanchard

Publisher : MIT Press

Page : 251 pages

File Size : 11,46 MB

Release : 2014-08-29

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0262526824

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Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world. In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures the state of macroeconomic thinking at a transformational moment. The crisis and the weak recovery that has followed raise fundamental questions concerning macroeconomics and economic policy. These top economists discuss future directions for monetary policy, fiscal policy, financial regulation, capital-account management, growth strategies, the international monetary system, and the economic models that should underpin thinking about critical policy choices. Contributors Olivier Blanchard, Ricardo Caballero, Charles Collyns, Arminio Fraga, Már Guðmundsson, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Otmar Issing, Olivier Jeanne, Rakesh Mohan, Maurice Obstfeld, José Antonio Ocampo, Guillermo Ortiz, Y. V. Reddy, Dani Rodrik, David Romer, Paul Romer, Andrew Sheng, Hyun Song Shin, Parthasarathi Shome, Robert Solow, Michael Spence, Joseph Stiglitz, Adair Turner



Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 2018

Author : International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department

Publisher : International Monetary Fund

Page : 3724 pages

File Size : 38,97 MB

Release : 2019-04-16

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1484396774

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The Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions has been published by the IMF since 1950. It draws on information available to the IMF from a number of sources, including that provided in the course of official staff visits to member countries, and has been prepared in close consultation with national authorities.



Guidance Note for Fund Staff on the Treatment and Use of SDR Allocations

Author : International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department

Publisher : International Monetary Fund

Page : 23 pages

File Size : 31,34 MB

Release : 2009-08-28

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1498335632

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Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis, the IMF has decided to implement a US$250 billion general allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs). In addition, the Fourth Amendment of the Fund’s Articles of Agreement has recently become effective, and will make available to SDR Department participants a special allocation of up to an additional SDR 21.5 billion (US$33 billion). Nearly US$115 billion of these combined allocations will go to emerging market and developing countries, including about US$20 billion to low-income countries (LICs), thereby providing an important boost to the reserves of countries with the greatest needs.



The Economic Impact of International Monetary Fund Programmes

Author : Omer Javed

Publisher : Springer

Page : 146 pages

File Size : 27,58 MB

Release : 2016-03-17

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3319291785

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This book investigates the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes on macroeconomic instability and economic growth in recipient countries. Employing the New Institutional Economics approach as an analytical framework, it identifies the determinants of economic and political institutional quality by taking into account a broad variety of indicators such as parliamentary forms of government, the aggregate governance level, civil and economic liberties, property rights etc. The book subsequently estimates the impact of these institutional determinants on real economic growth, both directly and also indirectly, through the channel of macroeconomic instability, in recipient countries. Moreover, it illustrates the effectiveness of IMF programmes in the case of Pakistan, a frequent user of IMF resources.



Successes of the International Monetary Fund

Author : Eduard Brau

Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,90 MB

Release : 2009-02-04

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780230203136

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This book provides a definitive account of the recent history of the International Monetary Fund, and the successes it has enjoyed since it was founded. With fascinating contributions by current and former IMF staff members, this book offers a unique insight into the workings of the organization and explores how it has benefited many.



Sovereign Debt

Author : S. Ali Abbas

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 12,90 MB

Release : 2019-10-21

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0192591398

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The last time global sovereign debt reached the level seen today was at the end of the Second World War, and this shaped a generation of economic policymaking. International institutions were transformed, country policies were often draconian and distortive, and many crises ensued. By the early 1970s, when debt fell back to pre-war levels, the world was radically different. It is likely that changes of a similar magnitude -for better and for worse - will play out over coming decades. Sovereign Debt: A Guide for Economists and Practitioners is an attempt to build some structure around the issues of sovereign debt to help guide economists, practitioners and policymakers through this complicated, but not intractable, subject. Sovereign Debt brings together some of the world's leading researchers and specialists in sovereign debt to cover a range of sub-disciplines within this vast topic. It explores debt management with debt sustainability; debt reduction policies with crisis prevention policies; and the history with the conjuncture. It is a foundation text for all those interested in sovereign debt, with a particular focus real world examples and issues.