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Cover of Social Safety Nets: Issues and Recent Experience
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1998

The 14 papers that comprise this book, edited by Ke-young Chu and Sanjeev Gupta, provide a comprehensive review of the IMF's work on social safety nets. Part I provides a broad overview of the social concerns in structural policy and the basic work related to social safety nets. Part II deals with the...
Cover of Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform: Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993
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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1994

This seminar volume, edited by Richard C. Barth, Alan R. Roe, and Chorng-Huey Wong, presents an overview of the links between structural and macroeconomic policies that were addressed in an IMF Institute seminar held in Washington, D.C., in 1993. The most important areas of structural reform are covered:...
Cover of Transition to Market: Studies in Fiscal Reform
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1993

The IMF has been a major participant in the challenge of transforming many African, Asian, and European countries from centrally planned to market economies. The authors of this book, mainly staff members of the IMF, have distilled their firsthand experience with fiscal reform in transition economies...
Cover of Currency Convertibility and the Transformation of Centrally Planned Economies
by Joshua Mr. Greene, Peter Mr. Isard
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 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.
Cover of United Germany: The First Five Years: Performance and Policy Issues
by Karl Mr. Habermeier, Robert Mr. Corker, Robert Mr. Feldman
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 1995

This papers reviews economic and financial developments in Germany since its reunification nearly five years ago; and analyzes some critical issues that have featured prominently in the policy debate over this period and are likely to continue attracting attention in the years ahead.
Cover of Extrabudgetary Funds
by Dimitar Radev, Richard Allen
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2010

This technical note1 addresses the following main questions: 1. What are the definition, classification, and typology of extrabudgetary funds (EBFs)? 2. Why do EBFs exist? 3. What are the problems created by EBFs? 4. What are the criteria for evaluating and reforming EBFs? and 5. What are the implications for analysis of fiscal policies and for public financial • management (PFM)?
Cover of Revenue Administration: A Toolkit for Implementing a Revenue Authority
by Maureen Kidd, William Joseph Crandall
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010

Cover of When and How to Adjust Beyond the Business Cycle? A Guide to Structural Fiscal Balances (EPub)
by Fabian Bornhorst, Annalisa Ms. Fedelino, Jan Gottschalk
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011

Technical Notes and Manuals are produced by IMF departments to expand the dissemination of their technical assistance advice. These papers present general advice and guidance, drawn in part from unpublished technical assistance reports, to a broader audience. This new series was launched in August 2009.
Cover of Revenue Administration: Functionally Organized Tax Administration
by Maureen Kidd
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2010

Cover of Definitions of Government in IMF-Supported Programs
by Claudia Ms. Dziobek, Alberto Mr. Jimenez de Lucio, James Mr. Chan
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013

This note addresses the following main issues: • Statistical definitions of government (Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001) • Institutional structure of government and public sector • What is a precise definition of government and why it is relevant • Potential pitfalls of lacking a...
Cover of Islamic Banking
by Abbas Mr. Mirakhor, Zubair Mr. Iqbal
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 1987

This study was prepared by Zubair Iqbal of the Middle Eastern Department and Abbas Mirakhor of the Research Department. To collect information and views for the study, the authors held discussions with the authorities and representatives of commercial banks in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in Pakistan.
Cover of The Economic Impact of IMF-Supported Programs in Low-Income Countries
by Yasemin Bal-Gunduz, Christian Mr. Ebeke, Burcu Ms. Hacibedel
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013

This paper aims to assess the economic impact of the IMF’s support through its facilities for low-income countries. It relies on two complementary econometric analyses: the first investigates the longer-term impact of IMF engagement-primarily through successive medium-term programs under the Extended...
Cover of Anticipating Balance of Payments Crises--The Role of Early Warning Systems
by Catherine Ms. Pattillo, Andrew Mr. Berg, Gian-Maria Mr. Milesi-Ferretti
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2000

Recent years have witnessed an increase in the frequency of currency and balance of payments crises in developing countries. More important, the crises have become more virulent, have caused widespread disruption to other developing countries, and have even had repercussions on advanced economies. To...
Cover of IMF Support and Crisis Prevention
by Atish Mr. Ghosh, Juan Mr. Zalduendo, Alun Mr. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2008

This paper examines the various roles of IMF financing in crisis prevention. Emerging market economies that experienced financial crises in the past have been subject to enormous economic and social costs, highlighting the importance of crisis prevention. While the main defense against a crisis lies...
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