Series: Balance of Payments Statistics
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589061842.044
ISBN: 9781589061842
The BOPS Yearbook, usually published in December, contains balance of payments statistics for most of the world, compiled in accordance with the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual. Part 1 includes aggregate as well a...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Chorng-Huey Wong
,
Mohsin Khan
, and
Saleh Nsouli
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
April
2002
ISBN: 9781589060944
The current account of the balance of payments is an important variable for policymakers. Deficits in the external current account are the result of the accumulation of net claims of foreigners on residents....
Volume/Issue: 1998/81
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Natalia Tamirisa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
1998
ISBN: 9781451955194
This paper considers the effect of exchange and capital controls on trade in the gravity-equation framework, in which bilateral exports depend on the distance between countries, the countries’ size and wealt...
Volume/Issue: 1995/93
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jack Bame
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1995
ISBN: 9781451951226
The separate identification of current and capital transfers was introduced for the first time in the fifth edition of the Fund’s Balance of Payments Manual (Manual), thus harmonizing with the treatment of t...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Age Bakker
, and
Bryan Chapple
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
September
2002
ISBN: 9781589061170
General Overview
Restrictions on capital flows are normally imposed to limit downward or—less commonly—upward pressure on the exchange rate.
1
Capit...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Age Bakker
, and
Bryan Chapple
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
September
2002
ISBN: 9781589061170
General Overview
Capital controls in advanced economies have often been established in an attempt to increase the room for maneuver of monetary policy by allowing monetary policy ins...
Volume/Issue: 1998/81
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Natalia Tamirisa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
1998
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451955194.001
ISBN: 9781451955194
This paper considers the effect of exchange and capital controls on trade in the gravity-equation framework, in which bilateral exports depend on the distance between countries, the countries’ size and wealt...
Volume/Issue: 2007/35
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Aiko Mineshima
, and
Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451865998.001
ISBN: 9781451865998
Remittances are large and have grown substantially over the past decade in the Pacific region. This primarily reflects the impact of emigration due to low growth and limited employment prospects at home. Many Pacif...
Volume/Issue: 2013/231
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Abdullah Al-Hassan
,
Michael Papaioannou
,
Martin Skancke
, and
Cheng Chih Sung
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
November
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475518610.001
ISBN: 9781475518610
This paper presents in a systematic (normative) manner the salient features of a SWF‘s governance structure, in relation to its objectives and investment management that can ensure its efficient operation an...
Volume/Issue: 2008/254
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Peter Kunzel
,
Cornelia Hammer
, and
Iva Petrova
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451871128.001
ISBN: 9781451871128
While SWFs as a group share broad common institutional and operational practices, these practices also differ considerably reflecting the diversity of these institutions. These differences derive from the nature of...
