International Monetary Fund: 1480 books

Cover of Albania: From Isolation Toward Reform
by R. Mr. Johnston, Piroska Mrs. Nagy, Roy Mr. Pepper
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1992

This study reviews Albania's historical and political background, as well as economic developments in 1991. It describes the centrally planned economic system up to the onset of reform and analyzes economic performance in the 1980s.
Cover of Transforming Financial Systems in the Baltics, Russia and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union
by Robert Mr. Price, Malcolm Mr. Knight, Arne Mr. Petersen
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 1999

In 1991, the Baltics, Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union set out on the road to establishing market economies by lieberalizing prices, dismantling the instruments of central planning, and initiating a process of fundamental structural reforms. Since then these 15 countries have taken...
Cover of Tax Reform in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union
by Liam Mr. Ebrill
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 1999

This paper provides an overview of the recent revenue performance in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union, and a survey of these countries' efforts to modify tax policy in line with the needs of increasingly market-oriented economies and to increase the effectiveness...
Cover of Impact of EMU on Selected Non-European Union Countries
by Dominique Mr. Desruelle, Robert Mr. Feldman, Klaus-Stefan Mr. Enders
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 1999

In the Summer of 1998, the Executive Board discussed a set of three papers prepared by the staff that focused on the likey impact of EMU on selected non-EU countries. In recognition of the contribution these papers could make to the literature and discussion of EMU, the Board requested that this collection...
Cover of The United States Economy: Performance and Issues
by Yusuke Mr. Horiguchi
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1992

This book, by a staff team headed by Yusuke Horiguchi, examines U.S. economic policy and performance in the 1980s, during which the United States enjoyed its longest peacetime expansion. Notwithstanding the buoyant growth and declines in inflation, the economy experienced low savings, current account...
Cover of Fiscal Vulnerability and Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies
by Richard Mr. Hemming, Axel Mr. Schimmelpfennig, Michael Mr. Kell
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2003

Fiscal problems have long been considered a central feature of financial--that is, currency, debt, and banking--crises. This paper addresses four questions: What are the fiscal causes of crises? Which fiscal vulnerability indicators help to predict crises? Can fiscal variables explain the severity of...
Cover of Egypt:Beyond Stabilization. Toward a Dynamic Market Economy
by Howard Mr. Handy
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998

Determined macroeconomic policy, combined with favorable external developments, has reduced inflation, improved public finances, led to a stable currency, and helped strengthen the banking system in Egypt. Nonetheless, the task of delivering sustained growth of output and employment is incomplete....
Cover of Policies for Growth: The Latin American Experience: Proceedings of a Conference held in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 16-19, 1994
by Joaquín Ms. Muns, André Lara Resende
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1995

This collection of papers delivered at a seminar, moderated by André Lara Resende, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, addresses the issues considered pertinent to the consolidation of stability, the recovery of growth, and the process of stabilization undertaken in the aftermath of the inflationary crisis in Latin American economies in the 1980s.
Cover of Building Strong Banks Through Surveillance and Resolution
by Charles Mr. Enoch, David Mr. Marston, Michael Mr. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2002

Since the mid-1990s, economic observers have kept a watchful eye on the financial sector because of its potential to spark economic crises. Banks in particular have come under close scrutiny. Building Strong Banks through Surveillance and Resolution offers guidance on setting up regulatory and supervisory...
Cover of India's and China's Recent Experience with Reform and Growth
by Wanda Ms. Tseng, David Mr. Cowen
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013

China and India already rank among the world's largest economies, and each is moving rapidly toward the center stage of the global economy. In this process, different priorities have been placed on economic reforms over the past two decades?China taking a more outward strategy and India, until recently,...
Cover of China and India Learning from Each Other: Reforms and Policies for Sustained Growth
by Eswar Mr. Prasad, Steven Mr. Dunaway, Jahangir Mr. Aziz
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006

What does the future hold for these giants that are two fastest-growing emerging markets and among the three largest economies in Asia? Their economic muscle is having increasingly far-reaching effects on the global economy. This must-read book draws together analysis and insight from high-level policymakers...
Cover of China: Competing in the Global Economy
by Wanda Ms. Tseng, Markus Mr. Rodlauer
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2003

China's economic reforms over the past two decades have brought tremendous economic transformation, rapid growth, and closer integration into the global economy. Real income per capita has increased fivefold, raising millions of Chinese out of poverty. Despite these achievements, difficult reforms--involving...
Cover of Quarterly National Accounts Manual: Concepts, Data Sources, and Compilation
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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2001

This Manual provides guidance to compilers of national accounts on the concepts, data sources, and compilation methods required for development of a system of quarterly national accounts. More and more countries are recognizing that quarterly national accounts are an essential tool for management and...
Cover of The Modern VAT
by Liam Mr. Ebrill, Michael Mr. Keen, Victoria Mrs. Summers
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2001

Value-added tax, or VAT, first introduced less than 50 years ago, is now a pivotal component of tax systems around the world. The rapid and seemingly irresistible rise of the VAT is probably the most important tax development of the latter twentieth century, and certainly the most breathtaking. Written...
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