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Transformations to Open Market Operations : Developing Countries and Emerging Markets

International Monetary Fund - 1997

Open market operations are the major instruments of monetary control in industrial countries and are becoming important in developing countriesand countries in transition. This paper shows how open market operationsare related to other monetary instruments, discusses the role of the market and...

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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies

International Monetary Fund - 2011

This paper reviews past trends in public pension spending and provides projections for 27 advanced and 25 emerging economies over 2011-2050. In constructing these projections, the paper incorporates the impact of recent pension reforms and highlights the key assumptions underlying these...

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Financial Stability Issues in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

Financial Stability Board - 2011

The focus of the paper is on five key financial stability issues in Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), which have been selected on the basis of their degree of materiality for a reasonably broad range of EMDEs; their implications for regulatory, supervisory or other financial...

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FDI from BRICs to LICs : emerging growth driver?

Mlachila, Montfort - 2011

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FDI Flows to Low-Income Countries : Global Drivers and Growth Implications

International Monetary Fund - 2010

What accounts for variations in FDI flows from advanced to developing countries? How have FDI inflows explained cross-country growth experiences? In this paper we tackle both these questions empirically for a large sample of middle and low-income countries. Two key results emerge: (i) lower...

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Export Versus FDI in Services

International Monetary Fund - 2010

In the literature on exports and investment, most productive firms are seen to invest abroad. In the Helpman et al. (2004) model, costs of transportation play a critical role in the decision about whether to serve foreign customers by exporting, or by producing abroad. We consider the case of...

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Tax Policy and Reform for Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries

International Monetary Fund - 1990

This paper identifies tax factors in 21 developing countries that have an impact on foreign direct investment flows. It categorizes those factors into issues associated with tax coordination; tax rates and rate structures; and composition of the tax base. Recent actions by countries reveal no...

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Policy Inconsistency and External Debt Service

International Monetary Fund - 1990

In this paper it is argued that the willingness of debtors to make external debt-service payments reflects, in part, their inability to credibly and permanently suspend debt service. The benefits of a credible debt-service suspension would include increased private investment. But this would, in...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : What Are the Consequences of China's WTO Entry for India'S Trade

International Monetary Fund - 2005

One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade … Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China''s WTO accession for India''s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China''s WTO entry in terms …

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