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Chapter 3. Global Trade and Relative Prices: A Sectoral Elasticities Approach »
Source: Changing Patterns of Global Trade
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Nagwa Riad , Luca Errico , Christian Henn , Christian Saborowski , Mika Saito , and Jarkko Turunen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 January 2012
ISBN: 9781616352073
Keywords: Emerging markets, Developed countries, International trade, Trade integration, supply chain, gross exports, trade flows, global trade, technology exports
A highly disaggregated sectoral level approach is used to examine the impact of relative price changes on trade flows and structures. The impact of such macroeconomic policies is often analyzed at the level...

Chapter 2. Global Trade: What’s Behind the Slowdown? »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2016 : Subdued Demand: Symptoms and Remedies
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 October 2016
ISBN: 9781513599540
Keywords: World Economic Outlook, International trade, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Discriminatory trade practices, International trade agreements, Trade, Trade liberalization, Trade policy, Global trade, Restraint of trade
Trade growth has slowed since 2012 relative both to its strong historical performance and to overall economic growth. This chapter finds that the overall weakness in economic activity, in partic...

Chapter 5. GLOBALIZATION, COMMODITY PRICES, AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
Over the past couple of decades, and in particular over the past few years, many developing and emerging economies have become steadily more integrated into the world economy. International trade, in both ma...

CHAPTER 2. Growth and Poverty Reduction »
Source: Growth and Poverty Reduction in Armenia : Achievements and Challenges
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Christian Beddies , Enrique Gelbard , James McHugh , Laure Redifer , and Garbis Iradian
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 November 2005
ISBN: 9781589064515
Keywords: Economic growth, Poverty reduction, banking, banking system, tfp, tax revenues, tax administration
This chapter reviews Armenia’s growth performance and poverty indicators since the early 1990s. It seeks to respond to the following four questions: What were the sources of growth? Can the recent rapid grow...

CHAPTER II. HOW HAS SEPTEMBER 11 INFLUENCED THE GLOBAL ECONOMY? »
Source: World Economic Outlook, December 2001 : Special Issue: The Global Economy After September 11 (Interim)
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 October 2001
ISBN: 9781589060876
Keywords: debt, interest, prices, external financing, oil prices
This Chapter analyzes the channels through which the terrorist attacks on September 11 could affect the global economy, and hence the underlying issues that have helped to mold the forecast and policy advice...

CHAPTER II THE GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE U.S. FISCAL DEFICIT AND OF CHINA’S GROWTH »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2004 : Advancing Structural Reforms
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 April 2004
ISBN: 9781589063372
Keywords: debt, interest, payments, public debt, external financing
This chapter consists of two essays: the first examines the global implications of the U.S. fiscal deficit, while the second analyzes the impact on the world economy of China’s emergence. Specifical...

CHAPTER III. GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS »
Source: World Economic Outlook, December 2001 : Special Issue: The Global Economy After September 11 (Interim)
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 October 2001
ISBN: 9781589060876
Keywords: debt, interest, prices, external financing, oil prices
The tragic events of September 11 came at a time when, with all major regions already slowing, the global economy was particularly vulnerable to adverse shocks. Indeed, recent data suggest that the world eco...

Chapter III. HOW WILL DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AFFECT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY? »
Source: World Economic Outlook, September 2004 : The Global Demographic Transition
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 April 2004
ISBN: 9781589064065
Keywords: debt, interest, exchange rate, oil prices, payments
It seems possible that a society in which the proportion of young people is diminishing will become dangerously unprogressive, falling behind other communities not o...

CHAPTER 2 IMF Country, Global, and Regional Surveillance »
Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2000 : 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: 15 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557758439
Keywords: central bank, financial sector, financial statements, debt relief, balance of payments
Central to the IMF’s mandate of improving the operation of the international monetary system is its oversight (or “surveillance”) of the economic and financial policies of its member countries. IMF surveilla...

Chapter 13. Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Six Countries during the Recent High-Growth Period »
Source: Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries
Series: Books
Author(s): Rabah Arezki , Catherine Pattillo , Marc Quintyn , and Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 October 2012
ISBN: 9781616353797
Keywords: hedging, fiscal policy, inflation, terms of trade, food prices
Introduction Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa experienced a period of high economic growth beginning in the mid-1990s, leading to renewed optimism about the region’s development...