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Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Connel Fullenkamp , Thomas Cosimano , Michael Gapen , Ralph Chami , Peter Montiel , and Adolfo Barajas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 March 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589067011.084
ISBN: 9781589067011
Keywords: Debt sustainability, Capital inflows, Economic models, Economic growth, Real effective exchange rates, Income, Migration, Labor markets, Workers remittances, remittances
Given the large size of aggregate remittance flows (billions of dollars annually), they should be expected to have significant macroeconomic effects on the economies that receive them. This paper directly addresses...

Methodology for Current Account and Exchange Rate Assessments »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Kincaid , Martin Fetherston , Peter Isard , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 December 2001
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589060814.084
ISBN: 9781589060814
Keywords: Current account balances, Exchange rates, current account, exchange rate, current account positions, real exchange rate
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Capital Controls : Country Experiences with Their Use and Liberalization »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Akira Ariyoshi , Andrei Kirilenko , Inci Ötker , Bernard Laurens , Jorge Canales Kriljenko , and Karl Habermeier
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 May 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557758743.084
ISBN: 9781557758743
Keywords: capital inflows, exchange rate, capital controls, capital flows, foreign exchange
This paper examines country experiences with the use and liberalization of capital controls to develop a deeper understanding of the role of capital controls in coping with volatile capital flows, as well as the is...

Current Account and External Sustainability in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Donal McGettigan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 February 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557758262.084
ISBN: 9781557758262
Keywords: current account, debt, debt service, external debt, deficits
Large current account imbalances have been recorded in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union since their independence. Are these current account positions sustainable, reflecting the s...

Anticipating Balance of Payments Crises--The Role of Early Warning Systems : The Role of Early Warning Systems »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Catherine Pattillo , Andrew Berg , Gian Milesi-Ferretti , and Eduardo Borensztein
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 January 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557758286.084
ISBN: 9781557758286
Keywords: currency crises, probability, balance of payments, contagion, currency crisis
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 t...

Capital Flows in the APEC Region »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Carmen Reinhart , and Mohsin Khan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 October 1995
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557754660.084
ISBN: 9781557754660
Keywords: capital inflows, capital flows, bond, bonds, bond issues
The developing economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have been the recipients of a considerable volume of capital inflows in the 1990s. Given the increased integration of capital markets, it is...

Recent Experiences with Surges in Capital Inflows »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Robert Kahn , Adam Bennett , María Carkovic S. , and Susan Schadler
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1993
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557753502.084
ISBN: 9781557753502
Keywords: capital inflows, exchange rate, foreign exchange, capital outflows, current account
This paper explores the experience of six countries (Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Mexico, Spain and Thailand) with capital inflows. It illustrates that although capital inflows are usually beneficial, too great an inflo...

Determinants and Systemic Consequences of International Capital Flows »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): D. Folkerts-Landau , Donald Mathieson , Morris Goldstein , Liliana Rojas-Suárez , José Saúl Lizondo , and Timothy Lane
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 April 1991
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557752055.084
ISBN: 9781557752055
Keywords: direct investment, foreign direct investment, payments, credit, capital flows
The growing integration of capital markets has strengthened incentives for greater international coordination of economic and financial policies. Structural changes in these financial market, however, may have unde...