Volume/Issue: 2011/175
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Gabriel Di Bella
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
July
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781462313303.001
ISBN: 9781462313303
The global financial crisis affected microfinance institutions (MFIs) as lending growth was constrained by scarcer borrowing opportunities, while the economic slowdown negatively impacted asset quality and profitab...
Volume/Issue: 2011/175
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Gabriel Di Bella
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
July
2011
ISBN: 9781462313303
The global financial crisis affected microfinance institutions (MFIs) as lending growth was constrained by scarcer borrowing opportunities, while the economic slowdown negatively impacted asset quality and profitab...
Volume/Issue: 2011/73
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kangni Kpodar
, and
Mihasonirina Andrianaivo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2011
ISBN: 9781455227068
This paper studies the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially mobile phone rollout, on economic growth in a sample of African countries from 1988 to 2007. Further, we investigate whe...
Volume/Issue: 2011/73
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kangni Kpodar
, and
Mihasonirina Andrianaivo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455227068.001
ISBN: 9781455227068
This paper studies the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially mobile phone rollout, on economic growth in a sample of African countries from 1988 to 2007. Further, we investigate whe...
Volume: 11
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
February
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616350734.087
ISBN: 9781616350734
Although the impact of the global crisis has been severe, real per capita GDP growth stayed positive in two-thirds of low-income countries (LICs), unlike in previous global downturns, and in contrast to richer coun...
Volume/Issue: 2011/27
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Chris Papageorgiou
,
Hans Weisfeld
,
Catherine Pattillo
,
Martin Schindler
,
Nicola Spatafora
, and
Andrew Berg
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2011
ISBN: 9781455216741
This paper investigates the short-run effects of the 2007-09 global financial crisis on growth in (mainly non-fuel exporting) low-income countries (LICs). Four conclusions stand out. First, for many individual LICs...
Volume/Issue: 2011/27
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Chris Papageorgiou
,
Hans Weisfeld
,
Catherine Pattillo
,
Martin Schindler
,
Nicola Spatafora
, and
Andrew Berg
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455216741.001
ISBN: 9781455216741
This paper investigates the short-run effects of the 2007-09 global financial crisis on growth in (mainly non-fuel exporting) low-income countries (LICs). Four conclusions stand out. First, for many individual LICs...
Volume/Issue: 2010/328
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
October
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455208401.002
ISBN: 9781455208401
The Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy was implemented in an extremely challenging environment, adversely affecting the conduct of macroeconomic and sector policies. The accomplishments in regard to sector polic...
Volume/Issue: 2010/327
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
October
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455208395.002
ISBN: 9781455208395
Congo's first full Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy underpinned the economic policy during a particularly challenging transitional period. The difficulty is in implementing the program in a rapidly evolving in...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
October
2010
ISBN: 9781616350154
The past year has been a roller coaster for the global economy.
4
The severe financial crisis that followed the collapse of Lehman Br...