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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...

Latin America: Sustaining Latin America’s Transformation: Building on recent successes, Latin America now has a chance to raise its profile in the global marketplace »
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...

CHAPTER 4 Global Liquidity Expansion: Effects on “Receiving” Economies and Policy Response Options »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, April 2010 : Meeting New Challenges to Stability and Building a Safer System
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 May 2010
ISBN: 9781589069169
Keywords: loans, capital inflows, interest, debt, financial stability
Summary The transmission of abundant global liquidity and the accompanying surge in capital flows to economies with comparatively higher interest rates and a stronger growth outlook...

Global Financial Stability Report, April 2010 : Meeting New Challenges to Stability and Building a Safer System »
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 May 2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589069169.082
ISBN: 9781589069169
Keywords: loans, capital inflows, interest, debt, financial stability
Risks to global financial stability have eased as the economic recovery has gained steam. But policies are needed to reduce sovereign vulnerabilities, ensure a smooth deleveraging process, and complete the regulato...

Designing a Global Compact on Education »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2005
Volume/Issue: 42/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 June 2005
ISBN: 9781451953954
Keywords: primary education, monetary fund, elementary education, universal primary education, Letters to the Editor,
The paper highlights that over the past century, access to education has increased enormously, illiteracy has fallen dramatically, and a higher proportion of people are completing primary, secondary, or tertiary ed...

Research: How are land inequality and development related? »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 34, Issue 01
Volume/Issue: 34/1
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 January 2005
ISBN: 9781451938227
Keywords: international monetary fund, financial stability, macroeconomic management, low-income countries
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...

CHAPTER II GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, September 2004 : Market Developments and Issues
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 September 2004
ISBN: 9781589063785
Keywords: pension, pension funds, hedge, hedge funds, pension fund
Financial markets are adjusting with equanimity to the onset of the interest rate tightening cycle. The well-crafted communications strategy of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board prepared markets fully for the f...

Global Financial Stability Report, September 2004 : Market Developments and Issues »
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 September 2004
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589063785.082
ISBN: 9781589063785
Keywords: pension, pension funds, hedge, hedge funds, pension fund
This September 2004 issue of the Global Financial Stability Report highlights that over the past six months, the global financial system, especially the health of financial intermediaries, has been further strength...

I World Economic Outlook and Policy Responses to the Global Slowdown »
Source: World Economic Outlook, May 1999 : International Financial Contagion
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 May 1999
ISBN: 9781557758095
Keywords: unemployment, debt, interest, debtor countries, current account
Since the end of 1998 some significant positive developments in the world economy have been broadly balanced by some important setbacks, so that the global outlook is little changed. Among the setba...

II Global Repercussions of the Crises in Emerging Markets and Other Conjunctural Issues »
Source: World Economic Outlook, May 1999 : International Financial Contagion
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 May 1999
ISBN: 9781557758095
Keywords: unemployment, debt, interest, debtor countries, current account
With two significant slowdowns in world economic growth having now occurred in this decade, global economic performance in the 1990s may clearly be viewed as disappointing. In fact, average annual world outp...