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Food security and poverty in LDCs: Raising incomes, not just food supplies, is the key »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1985
Volume/Issue: 22/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1985
ISBN: 9781616353636
Keywords: exchange, exchange rate, exchange rates, finance, balance of payments
This paper elaborates the introduction of surveillance that gave the IMF broader responsibilities with respect to oversight of its members' policies than existed under the par value system. The IMF's purview has be...
Foreign Aid and Poverty Reduction »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1990
Volume/Issue: 27/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1990
ISBN: 9781451952063
Keywords: social services, social conditions, social sectors, reducing poverty, human resource development
Providing economic opportunities for the poor and building up their capacity to take advantage of those opportunities can help reduce poverty and ensure sustainable growth...
From the Editor: Haves and Have Less »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2011
Volume/Issue: 48/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 September 2011
ISBN: 9781451953633
Keywords: bond, economic crisis, global economic crisis, financial sector, debt crisis
All for One examines inequality and the many ways it matters. In our overview article, the World bank's Branko Milanovic explains how income inequality is measured and tells us that it's increased in most countries...
Harnessing Diasporas: Africa can tap some of its millions of emigrants to help development efforts »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2011
Volume/Issue: 48/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 September 2011
ISBN: 9781451953633
Keywords: bond, economic crisis, global economic crisis, financial sector, debt crisis
All for One examines inequality and the many ways it matters. In our overview article, the World bank's Branko Milanovic explains how income inequality is measured and tells us that it's increased in most countries...
The Inequality Trap: Why equity must be central to development policy »
Source: Finance & Development, December 2005
Volume/Issue: 42/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2005
ISBN: 9781451954050
Keywords: remittances, photography, facsimile, development impact of remittances, impact of remittances
This paper reviews the resurgence of Latin America. The paper highlights that much of the region has witnessed a swift and robust recovery from the successive financial crises of 2001-02. Within two years, the regi...
Integrated Regional Development: A heavy concentration of agricultural, educational, and infrastructure projects in one backward region can help to overcome a heritage of rural poverty and underemployment. »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1973
Volume/Issue: 10/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1973
ISBN: 9781616353124
Keywords: economic development, temperate zone, soils, tropical soils, tropical areas
This paper reviews the influence of the tropical climate on economic development. The paper highlights that the effect of climate is clearly not the only ruling constraint on economic development. It is claimed tha...
International Trade and Poverty Alleviation »
Source: Finance & Development, December 2001
Volume/Issue: 38/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2001
ISBN: 9781451951974
Keywords: globalization, external financing, oil prices, trade liberalization, international trade
This paper examines how Africa can reposition itself to take full advantage of globalization-while minimizing the risks in the process-to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty. The paper highlights that Afr...
Land and Poverty in Reforming East Asia »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2008
Volume/Issue: 45/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 August 2008
ISBN: 9781451922394
Keywords: low-income countries, international monetary fund, emerging markets, financial markets, monetary policy
The September 2008 issue examines key issues facing low-income countries, including how they should respond to high oil and food prices. Some African economies are now successfully attracting international investor...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Poverty Reduction »
Source: Finance & Development, March 2000
Volume/Issue: 37/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
ISBN: 9781451953251
Keywords: international financial, financial markets, indebted countries, debt crisis
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly...
Latin America: Spreading the Wealth: Poverty and inequality have declined in Latin America in recent years, but there is a lot more to do »
Source: Finance & Development, March 2011
Volume/Issue: 48/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 2011
ISBN: 9781451953527
Keywords: international monetary fund, debt, financial markets, public debt, public investment in infrastructure
Latin America: An End to Boom and Bust? covers prospects in that region, which has managed to sustain a decade of prosperity after a history of boom and bust cycles. In our cover story, Nicolás Eyzaguirre, Director...