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
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...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
May
1988
ISBN: 9781557750136
Basic Methodology of the Study
The methodology underlying the case studies for this paper was eclectic. The analysis highlights the channels of impact of adjustment policy measures o...
Volume/Issue: 2003/106
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
April
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451823424.002
ISBN: 9781451823424
The paper presents key findings of the Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Sri Lanka. Despite the country's substantial achievements in human development and the economy's exte...
Volume/Issue: 2005/212
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
David Hauner
, and
Manmohan Kumar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451862317.001
ISBN: 9781451862317
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...
Volume/Issue: 2003/14
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
January
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451843149.001
ISBN: 9781451843149
The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The...
Volume/Issue: 2005/28
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Garbis Iradian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451860474.001
ISBN: 9781451860474
This paper examines the empirical relationship between inequality and growth, and analyzes the impacts of growth, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
May
1988
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557750136.084
ISBN: 9781557750136
This paper presents a study that focuses on specific adjustment programs for limited periods and is aimed largely at analyzing the short-run implications of the policy measures. The longer run implications are also...
Volume/Issue: 2003/14
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
January
2003
ISBN: 9781451843149
The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The...
Volume/Issue: 2005/28
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Garbis Iradian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2005
ISBN: 9781451860474
This paper examines the empirical relationship between inequality and growth, and analyzes the impacts of growth, inequality, and government spending on poverty reduction. A new panel dataset has been assembled on...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
May
1988
ISBN: 9781557750136
All of the programs included a combination of policies to limit absorption, expand supply, and promote structural adjustment. For demand restraint, limits on credit expansion and fiscal adjustment were commo...