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Are Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows a Hedge Against Food Price Shocks?1 »
Source: Are Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows a Hedge Against Food Price Shocks?
Volume/Issue: 2012/67
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
ISBN: 9781463938444
Keywords: food price shocks, vulnerability, food price, remittance, remittance inflows, food imports, International Factor Movements and International Business: General, Saving,
This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilising dynamic panel data specification...
Back To Basics: Remittances: A Lifeline for Development »
Source: Finance & Development, December 2005
Volume/Issue: 42/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2005
ISBN: 9781451954050
Keywords: remittances, photography, facsimile, development impact of remittances, impact of remittances
This paper reviews the resurgence of Latin America. The paper highlights that much of the region has witnessed a swift and robust recovery from the successive financial crises of 2001-02. Within two years, the regi...
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, 2008 »
Series: Balance of Payments Statistics
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 December 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589067530.044
ISBN: 9781589067530
Keywords: Balance of payments statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics Publication, liabilities, debt, payments, portfolio investment, loans, financial derivatives, direct investment, bonds
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...
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, 2009 »
Series: Balance of Payments Statistics
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 December 2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589068728.044
ISBN: 9781589068728
Keywords: liabilities, debt, portfolio investment, loans, financial derivatives, equity securities, money market, money market instruments, debt securities, bonds
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...
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, 1999 »
Series: Balance of Payments Statistics
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 December 1999
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557758187.044
ISBN: 9781557758187
Keywords: payments, liabilities, debt, portfolio investment, loans, bonds, debt securities, financial derivatives, money market, equity securities
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...
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, 2002 »
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
Keywords: liabilities, debt, payments, portfolio investment, loans, financial derivatives, bonds, debt securities, money market, equity securities
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...
Capital Inflows and Balance of Payments Pressures »
Source: Capital Inflows and Balance of Payments Pressures : Tailoring Policy Responses in Emerging Market Economies
Volume/Issue: 2008/2
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): Bikas Joshi , Manuela Goretti , Uma Ramakrishnan , Alun Thomas , Atish Ghosh , and Juan Zalduendo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
ISBN: 9781451945997
Keywords: Economic policy, Balance of payments, Capital inflows, Capital flows, Developing countries, Policy Discussion Paper, policy responses, current account, exchange rate,
Although capital inflows are generally beneficial to recipient countries, they also pose a challenge for the conduct of economic policy. This paper proposes a conceptual taxonomy to guide the design of policy respo...
Capital Inflows and the Real Exchange Rate »
Source: Capital Inflows and the Real Exchange Rate : Can Financial Development Cure the Dutch Disease?
Volume/Issue: 2009/20
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Christian Saborowski
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2009
ISBN: 9781451871678
Keywords: Financial Market Development, Real Exchange Rate, Dynamic Panel Data Models, exchange rate, stock market,
This paper argues that, in improving the efficient allocation of resources, financial sector development could dampen the appreciation effect of capital inflows. Using dynamic panel data techniques, the paper finds...
Coincident Indicators of Capital Flows1 »
Source: Coincident Indicators of Capital Flows
Volume/Issue: 2012/55
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Malika Pant , and Yanliang Miao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2012
ISBN: 9781463937737
Keywords: Coincident Indicators, Capital Tracker, net capital flows, net capital, capital inflows, International Finance Forecasting and Simulation,
Capital flows data from Balance of Payments statistics often lag 3-6 months, which renders timely surveillance and policy deliberation difficult. To address the tension, we propose two coincident composite indicato...
Do Capital Flows Reflect Economic Fundamentals in Developing Countries? »
Source: Do Capital Flows Reflect Economic Fundamentals in Developing Countries?
Volume/Issue: 1993/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Atish Ghosh , and Jonathan Ostry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 1993
ISBN: 9781451978827
Keywords: current account, current account deficit, current account balances, current account surplus, debt crisis
This paper proposes a methodology for testing whether capital flows to developing countries are determined by economic fundamentals or by purely speculative forces. We use the intertemporal optimizing approach to c...