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An Achilles’ Heel: Inequality threatens Asia’s growth miracle »
Source: Finance and Development, December 2013
Volume/Issue: 50/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484316917
Keywords: intellectual property, global trade, supply chain, copyright
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterl...
Back to Basics: Inequality: Now you see it, now you don’t »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2003
Volume/Issue: 40/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 August 2003
ISBN: 9781451952414
Keywords: monetary fund, inflation, exchange rate, exchange rates
This paper highlights that the Washington Consensus helped fill the need for an economic policy framework following the discrediting of central planning and import-substitution trade strategies. Latin American gove...
Capacity Development »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2015 : Tackling Challenges Together
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 October 2015
ISBN: 9781475544886
Keywords: debt, imf, tax, interest, investment
The IMF shares its expertise with officials in member countries and provides training to them—what it calls “capacity development”—to help countries build strong...
Chapter 5. Combating Poverty in Low-Income Countries »
Source: International Monetary Fund Handbook : Its Functions, Policies, and Operations
Series: Manuals & Guides
Author(s): Parmeshwar Ramlogan , and Bernhard Fritz-Krockow
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2007
ISBN: 9781589066250
Keywords: balance of payments, debt relief, standards, credit tranche, hipc initiative
A central objective of the IMF in low-income countries is to support sustained poverty reduction through policies that promote economic growth, employment generation, and targeted assistance to the poor. Thi...
Chapter 2: Developments in the Global Economy and Financial Markets »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2009 : Fighting the Global Crisis
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 2009
ISBN: 9781589068797
Keywords: financial stability, financial sector, balance of payments, financial system, poverty reduction
On the heels of a major financial crisis that originated in advanced country markets in 2007, the global economy sank in 2008-09 into the deepest recession since...
Chapter 2. Developments in the Global Economy and Financial Markets »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2008 : Making the Global Economy Work for All
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 October 2008
ISBN: 9781589067660
Keywords: financial sector, financial markets, balance of payments, debt relief, financial stability
FIGURE 2.1 Real GDP growth (Percent change from a year earlier) Foreign exchange markets were also affected b...
Chapter 22. Fiscal Adjustment and Income Inequality in Brazilian States »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
Introduction This chapter assesses the links between fiscal policy and income inequality in Brazil for the period 1995–2011 by combining fiscal data with household survey information...
Chapter 9. Fiscal Consolidation and Income Inequality »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
Introduction Fiscal adjustment, by its very nature, affects income inequality. It does so through the direct effect of tax increases and government spending cuts on disposable income...
Chapter 8. Fiscal Consolidation and Inequality in Advanced Economies: How Robust Is the Link? »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
[We need a] fiscal policy that focuses not only on efficiency, but also on equity, particularly on fairness in sharing the burden of adjustment, and on protecting the weak and vulnerable....
Chapter 1. Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality: An Overview »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
Introduction Inequality is at the forefront of the economic policy debate in much of the world. This interest comes in the wake of the sizable increases in income disparities that ma...