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This paper examines the consequences of heightened capital mobility and of the integration of developing economies in increasingly globalized markets for the exchange rate regimes of the industrial, developing, and transition economies. It builds upon previous studies by IMF staff on various aspects...

The global financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession raised concerns about adjustment fatigue, deflation, currency wars, and secular stagnation that presented a sense of déjà vu: similar concerns had arisen at the time of the Great Depression and at the end of World War II. As with earlier...

The 14 papers that comprise this book, edited by Ke-young Chu and Sanjeev Gupta, provide a comprehensive review of the IMF's work on social safety nets. Part I provides a broad overview of the social concerns in structural policy and the basic work related to social safety nets. Part II deals with the...

This seminar volume, edited by Richard C. Barth, Alan R. Roe, and Chorng-Huey Wong, presents an overview of the links between structural and macroeconomic policies that were addressed in an IMF Institute seminar held in Washington, D.C., in 1993. The most important areas of structural reform are covered:...

The IMF has been a major participant in the challenge of transforming many African, Asian, and European countries from centrally planned to market economies. The authors of this book, mainly staff members of the IMF, have distilled their firsthand experience with fiscal reform in transition economies...

This paper examines the problems in establishing currency convertibility- and the optimal timing- in formerly planned economies making the transition to market-oriented systems.

The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the crippled global financial system. Bringing together three leading financial economists to provide an international perspective, Balancing the...

The second Annual Report of the IEO summarizes the findings and recommendations of two completed evaluation projects: on the IMF’s experience with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and the role of the IMF in Argentina, 1991-2001. It also discusses the...

Il femminicidio è, nel mondo, la prima causa di morte per le donne tra il 17 e i 44 anni. In Italia, nel 2013, ci sono stati ben 134 casi. Una di loro, uccisa dal marito nel luglio 2013, era Tiziana. Il fratello -Damiano- ha scelto di rispondere alla violenza fondando un’associazione, di reagire...

Les banques se trouvent au cœur de diverses récentes réformes législatives d’importance. Le constat peut, au premier abord, paraitre relever de l’évidence : les crises financières de 2008 et de 2011 ont montré que le statut et le contrôle sur les établissements de crédit souffraient...

Peut-on contester son niveau d’imposition en arguant du caractère confiscatoire du prélèvement ? La réponse est aujourd’hui négative, du moins sous cette forme-là. L’impôt confiscatoire défini, hors du cadre de la sanction, comme un prélèvement dont la nature ou le niveau serait manifestement...

Anyone reading the business section of a newspaper lately knows that the financial exchanges--stock, bonds, FX, commodities, and so forth--are undergoing tremendous transformations. Fund managers, market makers, traders, exchange professionals, marekt data providers and analyzers, investors--anyone...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich BWL - Bank, Börse, Versicherung, Note: 1,0, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Seminar Finanzierung 1, 46 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Statistik spricht eine...

This papers reviews economic and financial developments in Germany since its reunification nearly five years ago; and analyzes some critical issues that have featured prominently in the policy debate over this period and are likely to continue attracting attention in the years ahead.