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Measuring External Risks for Peru: Insights from a Macroeconomic Model for a Small Open and Partially Dollarized Economy

Han, Fei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper quantifies the effects of external risks for Peru, with particular attention to two major external risks, Chinaâ€™s investment slowdown and the U.S. monetary policy tightening. In particular, a macroeconomic model for a small open and partially dollarized economy is developed and...

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ASEAN Financial Integration

Almekinders, Geert; Mourmouras, Alex; Zhou, Jian-Ping; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015

The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at end-2015 has brought into sharp focus the issue of financial and economic integration in the region. This paper takes stock of ASEANâ€™s financial integration and prospects. ASEAN integration could accelerate in the years ahead; it...

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Yen Bloc or Yuan Bloc; An Analysis of Currency Arrangements in East Asia

Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper examines the role of Japan against that of China in the exchange rate regime in East Asia in light of … growing interest in forming a currency union in the region. The analysis suggests that currency unions with China tend to … if China's relative presence continues to rise in the regional trade. …

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Growth Slowdowns and the Middle-Income Trap

Aiyar, Shekhar; Duval, Romain A; Puy, Damien; Wu, Yiqun; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The “middle-income trap” is the phenomenon of hitherto rapidly growing economies stagnating at middle-income levels and failing to graduate into the ranks of high-income countries. In this study we examine the middle-income trap as a special case of growth slowdowns, which are identified as...

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Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia

Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Since the 1997 Asian currency crisis, new interest has emerged in the formation of a common currency area in East Asia. This paper provides estimates of trade and welfare effects of East Asian currency unions, using a micro-founded gravity model. Counter-factual experiments to assess the effects...

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Currency Convertibility and the Transformation of Centrally Planned Economies

Greene, Joshua E.; Isard, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1991

This paper examines the problems in establishing currency convertibility- and the optimal timing- in formerly planned economies making the transition to market-oriented systems.

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Ukraine; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper investigates the economic importance of institutions in Ukraine, and attempts to quantify the potential benefits of market-friendly structural reforms. The paper reviews some of the key findings of the development-accounting literature, which has tried to explain the...

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Lesotho; Selected Issues And Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

The Selected Issues paper provides an overview of trends, performance export growth, value added, and employment, account of the structure and evolution of Lesotho's textiles during the decade through 2002, and discusses future prospects and key issues. It analyzes the implications of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825028

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Fourth Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This paper focuses on the Fourth Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Afghanistan. Under the SMP, Afghanistan continued to make progress in improving macroeconomic management, strengthening its capacity to formulate policy, and creating conditions for sustainable economic growth....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825196

Morocco; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper on Morocco analyzes Moroccoâ€™s growth performance over the past thirty-five years with a special focus on the more recent past. The paper presents stylized trends in growth; it first puts the overall growth performance of Morocco in an international perspective,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825232

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