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Transparency and communication have become central to the IMF's mission. The main thesis is that an important means of … further strengthening the IMF's external communication in the period ahead will be better coordination and integration of … communication with the IMF's policies and operations, especially in country work and for major policy initiatives and issues …
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the IMF's Medium-Term Strategy, further integrate communications with operations, raise the impact of communication tools …
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communication in a world where demand for Fund services continues to rise. Second, doing more to assess the impact of IMF …
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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...
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comprising LICs and CFA zone oil exporters, we find that while real exchange rate appreciation negatively impacted growth in all …
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This study examines the challenges and issues facing policymakers in highly dollarized economies. Focusing on Cambodia, which achieved almost complete dollarization during 1991-95, the authors review recent developments in the literature on dollarization and examine the costs and benefits of...
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This Selected Issues paper analyzes the main factors underlying the evolution of competitiveness, export performance …
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This Selected Issues paper on the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) reviews the evolution of actual and equilibrium real effective exchange rates (REER). The current level of the CEMAC REER is broadly in line with its long-term equilibrium value. The estimation approach...
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The government of Rwanda has recognized that economic development in most areas would have to be the responsibility of the private sector (particularly since military and civil service employment would be reduced), but that the public sector could still have a role in promoting economic equality...
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This paper reviews economic developments in Guinea during 1990–95. In 1995, expectations arising from the new discoveries of sizable oil reserves and double-digit growth in the non-oil economy—led by the timber industry—dominated economic developments. However, the fiscal...
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