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Central America : Global Integration and Regional Cooperation »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 July 2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589064461.084
ISBN: 9781589064461
Keywords: Tax administration, Statistics, exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, exchange rate regime, free trade, trade diversion
Central America has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. This paper examines-among other things-the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the Free Trad...

Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic : Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis: Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis »
Series: Books
Author(s): Marco Pinon , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , M. (Mario) Garza , and Fernando Delgado
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 July 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616353780.071
ISBN: 9781616353780
Keywords: debt, inflation, monetary policy, interest, central bank
Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic coped well with the global financial crisis of 2008-09. The impact was generally less severe and shorter lived than in previous episodes, the balance of payments...

Chapter 2: The 2008–09 Global Crisis: Impact, Policy Responses, and the Role of the IMF »
Source: Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic : Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis: Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis
Series: Books
Author(s): Marco Pinon , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , M. (Mario) Garza , and Fernando Delgado
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 July 2012
ISBN: 9781616353780
Keywords: debt, inflation, monetary policy, interest, central bank
The economies of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) 1 have become increasingly integrated with the rest of the world since...

Global Rebalancing with Gravity: Measuring the Burden of Adjustment »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 3
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 August 2008
ISBN: 9781589067240
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, monetary fund, foreign exchange, inflation
This special issue on exchange rates is drawn from the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in November 2007. The Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Stanley...

II The Setting for Adjustment: Initial Positions and Global Environment »
Source: IMF Conditionality : Experience Under Stand-by and Extended Arrangements, Part I: Key Issues and Findings
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Louis Dicks-Mireaux , Miguel Savastano , Adam Bennett , María Carkovic S. , Mauro Mecagni , James John , and Susan Schadler
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 September 1995
ISBN: 9781557754929
Keywords: inflation, terms of trade, capital inflows, exchange rate, real interest rates
Almost without exception, the initial positions of the countries under review were dire. Most were suffering the effects of long-standing institutional and structural weaknesses, fiscal excesses, and deficie...

Internationaler Währungsfonds Jahresbericht 2009 : Fighting the Global Crisis »
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 October 2009
Language: German
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589068841.011
ISBN: 9781589068841
Keywords: financial stability, financial sector, balance of payments, financial system, poverty reduction, financial markets, financial statements, monetary union, expenditures, commodity prices
The IMF's 2009 Annual Report chronicles the response of the Fund's Executive Board and staff to the global financial crisis and other events during financial year 2009, which covers the period from May 1, 2008, thr...

International Monetary Fund Annual Report 1946 »
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 September 1946
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616351588.011
ISBN: 9781616351588
Keywords: united nations, foreign exchange, exchange rates, exchange controls, world economy
This paper reviews key findings of the IMF's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended September 1946. This report covers the operations and policies of the IMF in the period from May 6, 1946, when the Executive Dire...

Part I: Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic before and during the Global Financial Crisis »
Source: Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic : Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis: Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis
Series: Books
Author(s): Marco Pinon , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , M. (Mario) Garza , and Fernando Delgado
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 July 2012
ISBN: 9781616353780
Keywords: debt, inflation, monetary policy, interest, central bank
The two chapters in this part of the book analyze the external linkages of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) and the region’s economic performance during t...

VIII The Political Economy of Implementing Pro-Growth and Anti-Poverty Policy Strategies in Central America »
Source: Central America : Global Integration and Regional Cooperation
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 July 2005
ISBN: 9781589064461
Keywords: Tax administration, Statistics, exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, exchange rate regime, free trade, trade diversion
As described in the previous sections of this paper, Central America has made significant political, economic, and social progress since the start of the 1990s, but considerable challenges remain. Although t...