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International Monetary Fund - 1997

Since 1978 the Chinese economy has grown on average more than 9 percenta year. Per capita income has nearly quadrupled in the past 15 years andsome analysts predict that within 20 years the Chinese economy will belarger than that of the United States. This pamphlet analyzes the reasonsfor the...

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Trade Liberalization, Stabilization, and Growth : Some Noteson the Mexican Experience

International Monetary Fund - 1990

the recovery of private investment was the main driving force, as the private sector saved most of its interest income on … stimulating exports and investment …

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Investment, Openness and Country Risk

International Monetary Fund - 1987

The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...

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Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows

International Monetary Fund - 2007

Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development has been a major forum for discussing-and dissecting-the policy options and challenges faced by governments in an era when many national decisions transcend borders. This...

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Establishment of the Investment Account

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This paper summarizes the relevant considerations and presents decisions for the establishment of an Investment Account …

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Private Investment in Developing Countries : An Empirical Analysis

International Monetary Fund - 1990

This paper analyzes the effects of several policy and other macro-economic variables on the ratio of private investment … econometric evidence indicates that the rate of private investment is positively related to the real growth rate of GDP, public … sector investment, and to a lesser extent the level of per capita GDP, while it is negatively related to domestic inflation …

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Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All : The Case for Trade and for Policies to Facilitate Adjustment

International Monetary Fund - 2017

The role of trade in the global economy is at a critical juncture. Increased trade integration helped to drive economic growth in advanced and developing economies in the latter part of the 20th century. Since the early 2000's, however, a slowdown in the pace of trade reform, a post-crisis...

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Integrating Poor Countries into the World Trading System

International Monetary Fund - 2006

Efforts to liberalize world trade are increasingly focusing on strengthening the links between low-income countries’ trade policies and their development strategies. However, although greater trade openness promises faster growth for poor countries, it also presents risks to those with small...

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Once Again, is Openness Good for Growth?

International Monetary Fund - 2004

Rodriguez and Rodrik (2000) argue that the relation between openness and growth is still an open question. One of the main problems in the assessment of the effect is the endogeneity of the relation. In order to address this issue, this paper applies the identification through heteroskedasticity...

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Kingdom of Lesotho : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2008

growth-accounting framework are outlined. The main constraints to growth and private investment and current policy initiative … to promote broad-based growth and private investment are analyzed. The various methods employed suggest that there is …

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