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This Selected Issues paper for the Kingdom of the Netherlands reports the Antillean economy lacks natural resources and is open and undiversified, relying mainly on exports of services such as tourism, international financial services, shipping, and oil refining. Exports and domestic consumer...
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which inside money is created, does not require any act of intentional saving. The mechanism allowing banks to lend deposits … inside money creation from lending, and distributing it on a nonlending basis to depositors through specialized payment …
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The paper develops a simple three-sector model of a developing country with nominal wage rigidity, in which one sector is thought of as the primary sector and the other two are sectors in which the country can diversify. The paper then analyzes the relationship between the market structure of...
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vectors for the production function and the real money demand function to recover the structural output and money gaps for … output gap, and the real money gap. Using heterogeneous panel cointegration estimation techniques, we estimate cointegrating … inflation, albeit with a larger role played by the money gap. There is no significant evidence of asymmetry in the relationship. …
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This Selected Issues paper describes the three phases of IMF engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a view to drawing lessons that could prove useful in identifying objectives and policies for a medium-term program that could be supported through a successor Poverty Reduction...
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This report reviews developments during 2004 in the context of the Sixth and Final Program Review Under Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement with the IMF. The authorities have implemented an economic reform program supported by a PRGF arrangement since...
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This paper discusses a Detailed Assessment of the Observance of Monte Titoli (MT) for Securities Settlement Systems for Italy. The paper discusses that the rules and regulations governing the operations and activities of MT are public and accessible to participants. The Italian laws and...
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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.
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This Financial System Stability Assessment Update on Senegal reports that the banking sector remains the cornerstone of the financial sector, and risk concentration remains the main source of vulnerability. The largest microfinance institutions (MFI) are sound, but smaller ones are weaker and...
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This paper evaluates the 2003 Article IV Consultation and a Request for a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM). The Article IV policy discussions focused on regaining a sustainable fiscal and external position, restarting economic growth and job...
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