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CHAPTER 3: Tax Incentives and Foreign Direct Investment: Policy Implications for the Caribbean »
Source: The Caribbean : Enhancing Economic Integration
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Sanjaya Panth , Paul Cashin , and W. Bauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 October 2008
ISBN: 9781589067936
Keywords: tax incentives, fdi, preference erosion, trade preferences, exporting countries
Policymakers across the Caribbean have long recognized the benefits of foreign direct investments (FDI) and actively sought for levers to attract them. As a consequence, special incentives for f...
The Balance of Payments Performance of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1966–701 »
Source: IMF Staff papers : Volume 19 No. 2
Volume: XIX
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1972
ISBN: 9781451947373
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Exchange Rate Flexibility and Credit during Capital Inflow Reversals »
Source: Exchange Rate Flexibility and Credit during Capital Inflow Reversals : Purgatory…not Paradise
Volume/Issue: 2014/61
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Nicolas Magud , and Esteban Vesperoni
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2014
ISBN: 9781475543735
Keywords: reversals, macro-prudential, exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, exchange rate flexibility, flexible exchange rate, exchange rate regime, Open Economy Macroeconomics,
We document the behavior of macro and credit variables during episodes of capital inflows reversals in economies with different degrees of exchange rate flexibility. We find that exchange rate flexibility is associ...
Rapid Current Account Adjustments »
Source: Rapid Current Account Adjustments : Are Microstates Different?
Volume/Issue: 2008/233
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Patrick Imam
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2008
ISBN: 9781451870916
Keywords: Terms of trade shocks, microstates, terms of trade, trade shocks, terms of trade shock, trade shock,
We describe unique aspects of microstates-they are less diversified, suffer from lumpiness of investment, they are geographically at the periphery and prone to natural disasters, and have less access to capital mar...
Do Remittances Reduce Aid Dependency? »
Source: Do Remittances Reduce Aid Dependency?
Volume/Issue: 2011/246
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Maelan Le Goff , and Kangni Kpodar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 October 2011
ISBN: 9781463923259
Keywords: Development aid, aid flows, aid dependency, bilateral aid, aid allocation, International Factor Movements and International Business: General, Economic Development: General,
Aid has been for decades an important source of financing for developing countries, but more recently remittance flows have increased rapidly and are beginning to dwarf aid flows. This paper investigates how remitt...
Determinants of Current Account Balances of Non-Oil Developing Countries in the 1970s: An Empirical Analysis »
Source: IMF Staff papers : Volume 30 No. 4
Volume: 30
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1983
ISBN: 9781451930610
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Tax Concessions and Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union »
Source: Tax Concessions and Foreign Direct Investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
Volume/Issue: 2008/257
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Jingqing Chai , and Rishi Goyal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2008
ISBN: 9781451871159
Keywords: Concessions, Incentives, ECCU, fdi, tax incentives, direct investment,
Tax concessions have been employed as a central component of the development strategy in the small island states comprising the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. This paper compares the costs of concessions in term...
The Response of the Current Account to Terms of Trade Shocks »
Source: The Response of the Current Account to Terms of Trade Shocks : Persistence Matters
Volume/Issue: 2003/143
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Paul Cashin , and Christopher Kent
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2003
ISBN: 9781451856361
Keywords: terms of trade, shock persistence, terms of trade shocks, trade shocks, trade shock, current account balance, Current accounts,
Is the relationship between the current account balance and the terms of trade affected by the persistence of terms of trade shocks? In intertemporal models of the current account that incorporate a consumption-smo...
Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth »
Source: Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth
Volume/Issue: 2005/234
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Marta Ruiz-Arranz , and Paola Giuliano
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2005
ISBN: 9781451862539
Keywords: financial development, growth, system GMM, impact of remittances, migration, remittance, statistics, Economic Growth of Open Economies,
There has been little systematic empirical study on the relationship between remittances and growth. This paper attempts to examine this relationship. Using a newly constructed crosscountry of data series for remit...
Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Volume/Issue: 2007/38
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Sanjeev Gupta , Catherine Pattillo , and Smita Wagh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2007
ISBN: 9781451866025
Keywords: remittances, migration, migrant, remittance, international migration
This paper assesses the impact of the steadily growing remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Though the region receives only a small portion of the total recorded remittances to developing countries, and th...