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APPENDIX I Incidence Analyses and Income Redistribution »
Source: Fund-Supported Programs, Fiscal Policy, and Income Distribution
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1986
ISBN: 9780939934645
Keywords: taxation, expenditure, salaries, subsidies, income distribution
Most studies of the income distributional effects of public policy fall within the category of “incidence analyses” of taxation and expenditure. They either analyze the effects of particular measures or, if...

Back to Basics: Inequality: Now you see it, now you don’t »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2003
Volume/Issue: 40/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 August 2003
ISBN: 9781451952414
Keywords: monetary fund, inflation, exchange rate, exchange rates
This paper highlights that the Washington Consensus helped fill the need for an economic policy framework following the discrediting of central planning and import-substitution trade strategies. Latin American gove...

Chapter 6. Inflation and Income Inequality in China and India: Is Food Inflation Different? »
Source: Taming Indian Inflation
Series: Books
Author(s): Paul Cashin , and Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date: 25 February 2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
Keywords: Inflation, Inflation persistence, Inflation targeting implementation, food, prices, demand, monetary policy
Rapid growth in developing economies has led to an important decline in poverty both at the national level and, owing to the large size of China and India where growth has been especially rapid, globally. Ho...

Dealing with Global Fluidity »
Source: Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589065710
Keywords: globalization, capital markets, capital account liberalization, financial globalization
With new forces shaping global capital markets, participants in international finance are well advised to rethink their operating models Financial...

Economic Policy Implications of Global Financial Flows »
Source: Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589065710
Keywords: globalization, capital markets, capital account liberalization, financial globalization
The lack of a lender of last resort creates a vacuum in the international institutional structure In Recent years, there has been considerable deb...

Examining Global Imbalances »
Source: Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589065710
Keywords: globalization, capital markets, capital account liberalization, financial globalization
What new data tell us about the external wealth of nations External imbalances and financial globalization have been at the top of the internation...

Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows »
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589065710.071
ISBN: 9781589065710
Keywords: globalization, capital markets, capital account liberalization, financial globalization
Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development has been a major forum for discussing-and dissecting-the policy options and challenges faced by...

Global Capital Flows: Defying Gravity »
Source: Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589065710
Keywords: globalization, capital markets, capital account liberalization, financial globalization
Technological innovations and faster information flows, aided by a sharp increase in total savings being channeled into financial instruments across borders, have fostered the dramatic globalization of capit...

Globalization at Work »
Source: Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589065710
Keywords: globalization, capital markets, capital account liberalization, financial globalization
The world economy has been expanding strongly, with widespread, healthy growth in both employment and labor productivity. But unemployment remains a problem in many countries. Gl...

The Globalization of Finance »
Source: Financial Globalization : The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589065710
Keywords: globalization, capital markets, capital account liberalization, financial globalization
Financial globalization has brought considerable benefits to national economies and to investors and savers, but it has also changed the structure of markets, creating new risks and challenges...