In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

In the financial sector, cryptographic algorithms are used as fundamental techniques for assuring confidentiality and integrity of data used in financial transactions and for authenticating entities involved in the transactions. Currently, the most widely used algorithms appear to be two-key...

Cooperative work in learning environments has been shown to be a successful extension to traditional learning systems due to the great impact of cooperation on students' motivation and learning success. A recent evaluation study has confirmed our hypothesis that students who constructed their...