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Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics: Globalization, trade linkages, and infrastructure policies draw scrutiny »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 33, Issue 13
Volume/Issue: 33/13
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 July 2004
ISBN: 9781451968583
Keywords: capital account, international monetary fund, capital account crises, poverty reduction, Interview with Montek Singh Ahluwalia,
After serving for three years as the first director of the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office (IEO), Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an Indian national, left the IEO to take up a cabinet-level position as Deputy Ch...

Bretton Woods Committee annual meeting: IMF, World Bank need to develop political constituency at home, focus on poverty reduction »
Source: IMF Survey : Volume 29, Issue 08
Volume/Issue: 29/8
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
ISBN: 9781451933116
Keywords: poverty reduction, debt, financial system, poverty reduction strategies, capital markets
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...

Building Consensus on Poverty Reduction »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2002
Volume/Issue: 39/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2002
ISBN: 9781451952896
Keywords: poverty reduction, fiscal profligacy, fiscal policy, spending cuts
This paper highlights that despite unprecedented gains in living standards in some countries over the past few decades, poverty continues as a harsh reality in too much of the developing world. The causes lie in pa...

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 5. Poverty Reduction and Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2002 : 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: 21 October 2002
ISBN: 9781589061620
Keywords: financial statements, poverty reduction, financial sector, conditionality, balance of payments
Reducing poverty in low-income countries remains one of the foremost challenges of our time. There is unprecedented agreement in the international community about what needs to be done: a new cooperative par...

Chapter 3: Restoring Global Financial Stability »
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
The extraordinary global financial crisis posed a host of serious policy challenges to most Fund members, as well as systemic risks to the global economy. The fu...

Combating Poverty: Experience and Prospects »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1990
Volume/Issue: 27/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1990
ISBN: 9781451952063
Keywords: social services, social conditions, social sectors, reducing poverty, human resource development
Providing economic opportunities for the poor and building up their capacity to take advantage of those opportunities can help reduce poverty and ensure sustainable growth...

Country Briefs: Better Investment Climate would Help Palau Achieve Sustained Growth »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 35, Issue 15
Volume/Issue: 35/15
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 August 2006
ISBN: 9781451968507
Keywords: international monetary fund, poverty reduction, economic policy, International Agencies, International Monetary Fund (imf),
IMF and low-income countries; De Rato in Tokyo; U.K. poverty initiative; Palau, Lithuania, Ethiopia, Kuwait; Volatility in Latin America; U.S. home equity withdrawal; Botswana: avoiding the resource curse; India: t...

Departing Deputy Managing Director: Ouattara assesses challenges for global economy, poverty reduction issues, and role of IMF »
Source: IMF Survey : Volume 28, Issue 14
Volume/Issue: 28/14
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
ISBN: 9781451930290
Keywords: debt relief, world economy, poverty alleviation, interest groups, debt reduction
Alassane D. Ouattara, a Côte d’lvoire national, is resigning as Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, a position he has held since July 1994. He was Director of the IMF’s African Department from...

Development Committee communiqué: Ministers endorse approach to poverty reduction, welcome enhanced World Bank-IMF cooperation »
Source: IMF Survey : Volume 28, Issue 19
Volume/Issue: 28/19
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
ISBN: 9781451927252
Keywords: debt relief, debt, financial sector, poverty reduction
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...