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Alleviating Poverty under Structural Adjustment: Proper policies can improve the welfare of the poor over the long run »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1987
Volume/Issue: 24/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1987
ISBN: 9781616353711
Keywords: importing country, exporters, export restraints, exporting country, voluntary export restraints
This paper discusses the structural adjustment in low-income countries. In the first 20 months of its operations, the IMF's structural adjustment facility (SAF) has provided concessional financial assistance to sup...

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: bank lending channel, wholesale funding, net stable funding ratio, Basel III, bank capital, banking, return on assets, liquid asset, bank balance sheet, Government Policy and Regulation,
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 w...

Capital Controls or Macroprudential Regulation? »
Source: Capital Controls or Macroprudential Regulation?
Volume/Issue: 2015/218
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Anton Korinek , and Damiano Sandri
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 October 2015
ISBN: 9781513506463
Keywords: pecuniary externalities, macroprudential regulation, inequality, exchange rate, exchange, lenders, borrowers, markets, International Lending and Debt Problems, Open Economy Macroeconomics
International capital flows can create significant financial instability in emerging economies because of pecuniary externalities associated with exchange rate movements. Does this make it optimal to impose capital...

The Challenge of Managing Global Capital Flows »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1998
Volume/Issue: 35/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1998
ISBN: 9781451952780
Keywords: global capital flows, trade liberalization, capital markets, balance of payments, capital inflows
Since it began operations in 1946, the IMF has steadily evolved in response to changes in the world economy. What steps is it taking to meet the new challenges posed by the Asian crisis?...

Chapter 15 A Market View of the Impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds on Global Financial Markets »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
After having been the center of attention through most of 2007 and the first half of 2008, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) returned to relative obscurity once the commodity price bubble burst in mid-2008. Whil...

CHAPTER 12 Bedfellows, Hostages, or Perfect Strangers? Global Capital Markets and the Catalytic Effect of IMF Crisis Lending »
Source: IMF-Supported Programs : Recent Staff Research
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Alessandro Rebucci , and Ashoka Mody
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 April 2006
ISBN: 9781589063617
Keywords: International Monetary Fund, current account, capital flows, private capital, private capital flows, conditionality
Introduction Ever since Walter Bagehot’s times, it has been recognized that emergency liquidity support, to be effective, must in principle be unlimited. Of course, the precept shoul...

Chapter 10. Financial Globalization: A Reappraisal »
Source: Macrofinancial Linkages : Trends, Crises, and Policies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Crowe , Simon Johnson , Jonathan Ostry , and Jeronimo Zettelmeyer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 August 2010
ISBN: 9781589069398
Keywords: financial integration, financial liberalization, corporate governance, financial globalization, banking crises
M. Ayhan Kose • Eswar Prasad • Kenneth Rogoff • Shang-Jin Wei 1 10.1. Introduction Few issues have stirred su...

Chapter 18 Long-Term Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Sovereign Wealth Funds »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
This crisis will leave an indelible mark on the psyche of every sovereign fund investor. – Senior reserve management official at a major Asian monetar...

Chapter 4. Pension Reform and Equity: The Impact on Poverty of Reducing Pension Benefits »
Source: Equitable and Sustainable Pensions : Challenges and Experience
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Frank Eich , and Sanjeev Gupta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 March 2014
ISBN: 9781616359508
Keywords: pension, pensions, benefits, pension system, retirement age
Introduction A primary objective of public pension systems is to provide adequate levels of retirement income to ensure that people are not at risk of poverty in old age. On average,...

Chapter 9. Reaping the Benefits of Financial Globalization »
Source: Macrofinancial Linkages : Trends, Crises, and Policies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Crowe , Simon Johnson , Jonathan Ostry , and Jeronimo Zettelmeyer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 August 2010
ISBN: 9781589069398
Keywords: financial integration, financial liberalization, corporate governance, financial globalization, banking crises
9.1. Introduction Financial globalization—defined as the extent to which countries are linked through cross-border financial holdings, and proxied in this chapter by the sum of count...