Volume/Issue: 2012/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yasser Abdih
,
Ralph Chami
,
Christian Ebeke
, and
Adolfo Barajas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475502947.001
ISBN: 9781475502947
This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using panel data for r...
Volume/Issue: 2012/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yasser Abdih
,
Ralph Chami
,
Christian Ebeke
, and
Adolfo Barajas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2012
ISBN: 9781475502947
This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using panel data for r...
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
April
2010
ISBN: 9781589069152
Global imbalances narrowed during the crisis, but a strong and balanced recovery requires that this narrowing be made more durable. Before the crisis, a number of economies experienced large and persistent c...
Volume/Issue: 2010/37
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Damiano Sandri
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2010
ISBN: 9781451962802
This paper shows that the behavior of entrepreneurs facing incomplete financial markets and risky investment can explain why growth accelerations in developing countries tend to be associated with current account i...
Volume/Issue: 2010/37
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Damiano Sandri
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451962802.001
ISBN: 9781451962802
This paper shows that the behavior of entrepreneurs facing incomplete financial markets and risky investment can explain why growth accelerations in developing countries tend to be associated with current account i...
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
June
2009
ISBN: 9781589067950
China's growth performance since the start of economic reforms in 1978 has been impressive, but the gains have not been distributed equally across provinces. We use a nonparametric approach to analyze the variation...
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: 2007/35
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Aiko Mineshima
, and
Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2007
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...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
November
1998
ISBN: 9781557757326
Australia has recorded current account deficits for most of the postwar period. From the 1950s through the 1970s, these deficits were relatively small and reflected a high level of investment associated with...
Volume: 40
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1993
ISBN: 9781451956986
The declines in economic activity experienced by Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, and Romania in the period since market-oriented reforms were initiated are analyzed. After reviewing developments in...
