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Accelerating And Sustaining Growth »
Source: Accelerating And Sustaining Growth : Economic and Political Lessons
Volume/Issue: 2012/185
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Arvind Virmani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2012
ISBN: 9781475505337
Keywords: High Growth Economies, Policy Reforms, Timing and Phasing., import liberalization, competitive pressure, external shocks, per capita income, per capita growth rate, Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
The paper reviews and draws lessons from the experience of fast growing economies including a sub-set of these termed High Growth Economies (HGEs) with a decadal rate of over 7 per cent. It then reviews the history...

Annex 1. Prospects for the Global Oil Market »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, November 2013, Middle East and Central Asia
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484356074
Keywords: Oil prices, Economic growth, Fiscal policy, Production, Development, oil, oil exporters, les, oil importers, gas
The oil market has tightened recently because of supply disruptions, but Middle East producers face the possibility of an oversupplied market in the next few years. This undersco...

3. Caucasus and Central Asia: Boosting Competitiveness for Higher and More Inclusive Growth »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2019, Middle East and Central Asia
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 November 2019
ISBN: 9781513514000
Keywords: Regional Economic Outlook, Middle East and Central Asia, Economic growth, Oil prices, Market economies, Regional economics, Fiscal policy, economic outlook, global trade tensions, oil-importing countries
Global trade tensions and slowing growth in key trading partners are affecting the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region. However, despite a decline in export growth, growth will remain broadly...

Excerpt : Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries »
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s): Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 September 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/CPVIEAEX.073
ISBN: CPVIEAEX
Keywords: Agricultural sector, Balance of trade, Central banking, Central banks, Civil society, Commodities, Commodity price shocks, Commodity prices, Consumption, Credit
In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic growth. However, many are now facing enormous difficulties because of rapidly rising food...

Demand Spillovers and the Collapse of Trade in the Global Recession »
Source: Demand Spillovers and the Collapse of Trade in the Global Recession
Volume/Issue: 2010/142
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kei-Mu Yi , Rudolfs Bems , and Robert Johnson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2010
ISBN: 9781455201259
Keywords: Demand spillovers, trade collapse, input-output model, trade elasticity, domestic demand, intermediate goods, world trade, goods imports, global trade, Macroeconomic Aspects Of International Trade And Finance,
This paper uses a global input-output framework to quantify US and EU demand spillovers and the elasticity of world trade to GDP during the global recession of 2008-2009. We find that 20-30 percent of the decline i...

The Effect of Globalization on Wages in the Advanced Economies »
Source: The Effect of Globalization on Wages in the Advanced Economies
Volume/Issue: 1997/43
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Phillip Swagel , and Matthew Slaughter
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 1997
ISBN: 9781451846294
Keywords: Globalization, trade and wages, capital mobility, wage, skilled workers, import competition, international trade
This paper examines the effect of globalization on labor markets in the advanced economies, focusing particularly on the claim that increased economic integration has widened the gap between the wages of more skill...

4. Fiscal Policy for Durable and Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, November 2018, Middle East and Central Asia
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 October 2018
ISBN: 9781484375389
Keywords: Regional Economic Outlook, Middle East and Central Asia, Economic growth, Oil prices, Market economies, Regional economics, Fiscal policy, economic outlook, global trade tensions, oil-importing countries
Middle East and Central Asia policymakers face the challenge of boosting inclusive growth amid limited fiscal policy space. Further fiscal consolidation is needed across the region to secure deb...

Global Developments and Outlook: Implications for the Middle East and Central Asia Regions »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, November 2018, Middle East and Central Asia
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 October 2018
ISBN: 9781484375389
Keywords: Regional Economic Outlook, Middle East and Central Asia, Economic growth, Oil prices, Market economies, Regional economics, Fiscal policy, economic outlook, global trade tensions, oil-importing countries
Global growth for 2018–19 is projected to remain steady at its 2017 level of 3.7 percent (see table). However, this projection is 0.2 percentage point lower than the April 2018 World Economic Outlook, with t...

Global Developments: Implications for the Middle East and Central Asia Region »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2019, Middle East and Central Asia
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 November 2019
ISBN: 9781513514000
Keywords: Regional Economic Outlook, Middle East and Central Asia, Economic growth, Oil prices, Market economies, Regional economics, Fiscal policy, economic outlook, global trade tensions, oil-importing countries
Global developments continue to impact the Middle East and Central Asia (MCD) region. Average growth worldwide has once more been revised down and is anticipated to...

Global Dispersion of Current Accounts: Is the Universe Expanding? »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 3
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 July 2009
ISBN: 9781589068209
Keywords: trade openness, trade liberalization, import duties, transition economies, trade barriers
Studies of the impact of trade openness on growth are based either on crosscountry analysis-which lacks transparency-or case studies-which lack statistical rigor. This paper applies a transparent econometric method...