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Actions to Strengthen the Tracking of Poverty-Reducing Public Spending in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries »
Source: Actions to Strengthen the Tracking of Poverty-Reducing Public Spending in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Volume/Issue: 2002/010
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 March 2002
ISBN: 9781498328777
Keywords: Government expenditures, Heavily indebted poor countries, Poverty, Public financial management, Financial management information systems, West African Economic and Monetary Union, Financial management, PP, PEM, action plan
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Adequacy of the Global Financial Safety Net—Considerations for Fund Toolkit Reform »
Source: Adequacy of the Global Financial Safety Net-Considerations for Fund Toolkit Reform
Volume/Issue: 2017/070
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department;International Monetary Fund. Finance Dept.;International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 December 2017
ISBN: 9781498346160
Keywords: Financial crises, Financial safety nets, Balance of payments need, Central banks, Balance of payments assistance, FCL, PLL, toolkit, qualification criterion, conditionality
liquidity in the face of increased vulnerabilities calls for enhancing the liquidity support provided through the global financial safety net (GFSN). The global economy is experiencing a period of protracted uncert...

Annual Meetings 2002: Top officials to gather amid worries about global recovery, financial crises »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 31, Issue 17
Volume/Issue: 31/17
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451928532
Keywords: central bank, central bank governors, international monetary fund, industrial countries, debt burdens
The world's finance ministers and central bank governors will gather in Washington on September 29 for the Annual Meetings of the Governors of the IMF and the World Bank, against a backdrop of increased concerns ab...

Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) - Proposals to Assess a Global Standard and to Prepare ROSCs »
Source: Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) - Proposals to Assess a Global Standard and to Prepare ROSCs
Volume/Issue: 2002/031
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 July 2002
ISBN: 9781498328432
Keywords: Anti-money laundering, Collaboration with World Bank, Combating the financing of terrorism, Technical Assistance, Money laundering, Terrorism finance, Bank regulations, Banks, PP, ROSC
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Balance Sheet Strength and Bank Lending During the Global Financial Crisis1 »
Source: Balance Sheet Strength and Bank Lending During the Global Financial Crisis
Volume/Issue: 2013/102
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Tümer Kapan , and Camelia Minoiu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 May 2013
ISBN: 9781484315842
Keywords: Capital, Financial crises, bank lending channel, wholesale funding, net stable funding ratio, Basel III, bank capital, banking, return on assets, liquid asset
We examine the role of bank balance sheet strength in the transmission of financial sector shocks to the real economy. Using data from the syndicated loan market, we exploit variation in banks' reliance on wholesal...

Banks in The Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model »
Source: Banks in The Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model
Volume/Issue: 2015/150
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Michal Andrle , Michael Kumhof , Douglas Laxton , and Dirk Muir
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 July 2015
ISBN: 9781513532967
Keywords: Multi-Region DSGE Models, Financial Accelerator, Macro-Financial Linkages, banks, bank, capital, lending, interest, Other,
The Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal model (GIMF) is a multi-region DSGE model developed by the Economic Modeling Division of the IMF for policy and scenario analysis. This paper compares two versions of GIMF,...

Burundi: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangment Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria »
Source: Burundi : Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi
Volume/Issue: 2009/242
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 August 2009
ISBN: 9781451803020
Keywords: debt, central bank, ministry of finance, external debt, budget
This paper discusses key findings of the Second Review for Burundi under the three-year arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). All quantitative and structural performance criteria for M...

Burundi: Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria »
Source: Burundi : Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi
Volume/Issue: 2008/27
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 January 2008
ISBN: 9781451802955
Keywords: debt, budget, ministry of finance, debt relief, central bank
Burundi showed commendable performance owing to its prudent macroeconomic policies and ambitious structural reforms under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Executive Directors appreciated its macroe...

Can Global Liquidity Forecast Asset Prices?1 »
Source: Can Global Liquidity Forecast Asset Prices?
Volume/Issue: 2010/196
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Reginald Darius
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2010
ISBN: 9781455205264
Keywords: Asset Price, Spillover Analysis, central bank, global financial crisis, private credit, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy,
During the period leading up to the global financial crisis many asset classes registered rapid price increases. This coincided with a significant rise in global liquidity. This paper attempts to determine the exte...

Can Islamic Banking Increase Financial Inclusion?* »
Source: Can Islamic Banking Increase Financial Inclusion?
Volume/Issue: 2015/31
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Sami Ben Naceur , Adolfo Barajas , and Alexander Massara
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 February 2015
ISBN: 9781498370813
Keywords: financial inclusion, Financial Possibility Frontier, bank, banking, banks, credit, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments, and Effects)
The paper analyses existing country-level information on the relationship between the development of Islamic banking and financial inclusion. In Muslim countries-members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation...