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Development and Income Distribution: Economic growth has been accompanied by increasing inequality in many developing countries. But a strategy of “nibbling” at the problems of income distribution through financial and technical assistance seems promising. »
Article
Source: Finance & Development, September 1973
Volume/Issue: 10/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1973
ISBN: 9781616353131
Keywords: income distribution, per capita income, income groups, distribution of income
This paper focuses on the subject of development and income distribution, and suggests a method whereby economic development can be skewed in favor of the poor. The paper underscores that improvements in the distri...

II The Setting for Adjustment: Initial Positions and Global Environment »
Chapter
Source: IMF Conditionality : Experience Under Stand-by and Extended Arrangements, Part I: Key Issues and Findings
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Louis Dicks-Mireaux , Miguel Savastano , Adam Bennett , María Carkovic S. , Mauro Mecagni , James John , and Susan Schadler
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 September 1995
ISBN: 9781557754929
Keywords: inflation, terms of trade, capital inflows, exchange rate, real interest rates
Almost without exception, the initial positions of the countries under review were dire. Most were suffering the effects of long-standing institutional and structural weaknesses, fiscal excesses, and deficie...

Internationaler Währungsfonds Jahresbericht 2009 : Fighting the Global Crisis »
Book
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 October 2009
Language: German
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589068841.011
ISBN: 9781589068841
Keywords: financial stability, financial sector, balance of payments, financial system, poverty reduction, financial markets, financial statements, monetary union, expenditures, commodity prices
The IMF's 2009 Annual Report chronicles the response of the Fund's Executive Board and staff to the global financial crisis and other events during financial year 2009, which covers the period from May 1, 2008, thr...