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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...
Investment Survey: IMF Helping to Improve Quality of Foreign Direct Investment Data »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 37, Issue 08
Volume/Issue: 37/8
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 August 2008
ISBN: 9781451967906
Keywords: inflation, advanced economies, commodity prices, emerging economies, developing economies
Growth, inflation, subprime market crisis, technical assistance, Ghana, fiscal discipline, money laundering, social spending, wage bill ceilings, housing bust, Japan, Lipsky, Swaziland, foreign direct investment, n...
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa-Some Case Studies »
Source: Foreign Direct Investment in Africa-Some Case Studies
Volume/Issue: 2002/61
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Anupam Basu , and Krishna Srinivasan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2002
ISBN: 9781451848182
Keywords: stability, fdi, foreign investment, investors, foreign investors, direct investment,
This paper reviews the experiences of a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in attracting fairly large amounts of foreign investment. The review indicates that sustained efforts to promote polit...
FDI in Africa: Why do select countries do better? »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 31, Issue 06
Volume/Issue: 31/6
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451934359
Keywords: capital markets, international capital markets, financial markets, international capital, debt
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...
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...
The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa »
Source: The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa : What's the Damage?
Volume/Issue: 2010/24
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ralph Chami , Adolfo Barajas , Anjali Garg , and Connel Fullenkamp
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2010
ISBN: 9781451962413
Keywords: global crisis, remittance, migrant, host country, Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General,
Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating remittance multipliers in recipient countries, this paper estimates the impact of the global eco...
Can the Neoclassical Model Explain the Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment Across Developing Countries? »
Source: Can the Neoclassical Model Explain the Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment Across Developing Countries?
Volume/Issue: 1998/139
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Harm Zebregs
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1998
ISBN: 9781451929607
Keywords: Foreign Investment, Neoclassical Theory, fdi, marginal products, marginal product, foreign capital, direct investment
Since the beginning of the 1990s, foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries has increased dramatically. The distribution of FDI flows across these countries, however, is highly uneven; only a small nu...
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...
Do Some Forms of Financial Flows Help Protect From Sudden Stops? »
Source: Do Some Forms of Financial Flows Help Protect From Sudden Stops?
Volume/Issue: 2006/202
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Paolo Mauro , and Andrei Levchenko
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2006
ISBN: 9781451864625
Keywords: crises, financial flows, fdi, direct investment, foreign investors, International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions, Financial Aspects of Economic Integration,
There is a debate on whether some forms of financial flows offer better crisis protection than others. Using a large panel of advanced, emerging, and developing countries during 1970-2003, this paper analyzes the b...
Making Remittances Work for Africa »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2007
Volume/Issue: 44/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 June 2007
ISBN: 9781451953824
Keywords: international monetary fund, gender, girls, gender equality, gender disparities
The June 2007 issue of F&D spotlights gender equality. The lead article discusses progress toward fulfilling the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on redressing gender discrimination and empowering women and relate...