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Dialogue with Angus Deaton: When numbers don’t tell the full story about poverty in India and the world »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 31, Issue 13
Volume/Issue: 31/13
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451930795
Keywords: debt, debt sustainability, bilateral donors, debt relief, debt reduction, Group of Eight summit,
Leaders of the Group of Eight countries gathered in Kananaskis, Canada, June 26–27, for a summit that focused on terrorism, the global economy, and building a new partnership for Africa’s development....
The Differential Effects of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on the Global Economy* »
Source: The Differential Effects of Oil Demand and Supply Shocks on the Global Economy
Volume/Issue: 2012/253
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Paul Cashin , Kamiar Mohaddes , Mehdi Raissi , and Maziar Raissi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 October 2012
ISBN: 9781475597158
Keywords: Global VAR (GVAR), global macroeconomic modeling, impulse responses, international business cycle, oil-demand and oil-supply shocks, oil exporters, exporters, oil prices, exporting countries, Time-Series Models
We employ a set of sign restrictions on the generalized impulse responses of a Global VAR model, estimated for 38 countries/regions over the period 1979Q2-2011Q2, to discriminate between supply-driven and demand-dr...
Does Financial Globalization Induce Better Macroeconomic Policies? »
Source: Does Financial Globalization Induce Better Macroeconomic Policies?
Volume/Issue: 2004/84
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Shang-Jin Wei , and Irina Tytell
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2004
ISBN: 9781451850673
Keywords: Discipline effect, mood swings, deficit, financial globalization, foreign assets, and deficit,
Monetary and fiscal policies around the world are in better shape today than two decades ago. This paper studies whether financial globalization has helped induce governments to pursue better macroeconomic policies...
Does Foreign Aid Reduce Poverty? Empirical Evidence from Nongovernmental and Bilateral Aid »
Source: Does Foreign Aid Reduce Poverty? Empirical Evidence from Nongovernmental and Bilateral Aid
Volume/Issue: 2005/100
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Boriana Yontcheva , and Nadia Masud
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2005
ISBN: 9781451861198
Keywords: Official Development Aid, NGOs, Panel Data Econometrics, infant mortality, mortality rates, aid effectiveness,
This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing poverty through its impact on human development indicators. We use a dataset of both bilateral aid and NGO aid flows. Our results show that NGO aid r...
ECOSOC: Köhler calls on richest countries to show leadership as global economy recovers »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 31, Issue 13
Volume/Issue: 31/13
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451930795
Keywords: debt, debt sustainability, bilateral donors, debt relief, debt reduction, Group of Eight summit,
Leaders of the Group of Eight countries gathered in Kananaskis, Canada, June 26–27, for a summit that focused on terrorism, the global economy, and building a new partnership for Africa’s development....
The Endogenous Skill Bias of Technical Change and Inequality in Developing Countries »
Source: The Endogenous Skill Bias of Technical Change and Inequality in Developing Countries
Volume/Issue: 2013/50
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Alberto Behar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 February 2013
ISBN: 9781475536959
Keywords: Skill-biased Technical Change, skilled workers, unskilled labor, trade liberalization, unskilled workers, General, Technological Change: Choices and Consequences,
This paper draws on existing empirical literature and an original theoretical model to argue that globalization and skill supply affect the extent to which technology adoption in developing countries favors skilled...
Financial Globalization and Fiscal Perfomance in Emerging Markets »
Source: Financial Globalization and Fiscal Perfomance in Emerging Markets
Volume/Issue: 2005/212
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): David Hauner , and Manmohan Kumar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2005
ISBN: 9781451862317
Keywords: interest rate spreads, external debt, fiscal transparency, debt service, fiscal impact, National Government Expenditures And Related Policies,
In recent years financial globalization and benign global market conditions have helped emerging markets in their external financing and budgetary positions. This paper examines three related issues: (i) the import...
Global Dispersion of Current Accounts: Is the Universe Expanding? »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 3
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 July 2009
ISBN: 9781589068209
Keywords: trade openness, trade liberalization, import duties, transition economies, trade barriers
Studies of the impact of trade openness on growth are based either on crosscountry analysis—which lacks transparency—or case studies—which lack statistical rigor. This paper applies a transpare...
The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa »
Source: The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa : What's the Damage?
Volume/Issue: 2010/24
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ralph Chami , Adolfo Barajas , Anjali Garg , and Connel Fullenkamp
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2010
ISBN: 9781451962413
Keywords: global crisis, remittance, migrant, host country, Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General,
Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating remittance multipliers in recipient countries, this paper estimates the impact of the global eco...
Global Imbalances and Petrodollars »
Source: Global Imbalances and Petrodollars
Volume/Issue: 2009/89
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Fuad Hasanov , and Rabah Arezki
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2009
ISBN: 9781451872361
Keywords: Oil exporters, exporters, exporting countries, oil-exporting countries, terms of trade,
Oil exporters have run large current account surpluses. We explore oil exporters' role in our understanding and the resolution of global imbalances. Current account dynamics are estimated for oil-exporting countrie...