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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America
Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824823
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Angola; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
Several years of high inflation rates have negatively affected economic conditions in Angola. Macroeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824891
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Guinea; Staff-Monitored Program
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper discusses the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Guinea. Agreement in principle was reached on the SMP from April 2005 to March 2006. The program would support the authorities’ efforts in restoring macroeconomic stability and establish a track record of policy implementation to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824944
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Algeria; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
Algeria remains heavily dependent on the hydrocarbon sector and still maintains a sizable and inefficient state-owned enterprise sector. Against this background, the paper addresses two different issues with important implications for macroeconomic stability in Algeria. The paper proposes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824982
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Lithuania; Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996
further momentum in 1995; real GDP increased by an estimated 3 percent in 1995. Growth in 1995 was driven by the industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825020
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Switzerland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper takes a close look at the proximate determinants and short-term dynamics of inflation in … Switzerland. It identifies salient features of the inflation experience in Switzerland. The paper uses a wage-price model to gauge … the sensitivity of inflation to the business cycle and the exchange rate. The findings suggest that underlying inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825084
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Islamic State of Afghanistan; First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper assesses the First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Afghanistan. The authorities have met all of the indicative quantitative targets set out under the SMP and all the structural benchmarks, except the benchmark on licensing of commercial banks, which was only partly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825122
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Georgia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
The econometric results show that it is feasible to estimate robust price and inflation equations for Georgia. The long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825215
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Russian Federation; 2003 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
generally strong, with a third consecutive year of considerable GDP growth, fiscal surplus, and large current account surplus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825217
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Tonga; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix reviews the past conduct of monetary policy of Tonga. The paper considers the problems in the current system and discusses the policy options available to the authorities. It reviews Tonga’s exchange rate policy and explores its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825242