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Central Bank Autonomy: Lessons from Global Trends »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 2
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 June 2009
ISBN: 9781589067950
Keywords: labor productivity growth, employment, labor productivity, labor shares
China’s growth performance since the start of economic reforms in 1978 has been impressive, but the gains have not been distributed equally across provinces. We use a nonparametric approach to analyze the va...

Chapter 1 Global Prospects and Policies »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2009 : Sustaining the Recovery
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 October 2009
ISBN: 9781589068070
Keywords: monetary policy, current account, inflation, banking crises, banking
The Global Recession Is Ending The global economy appears to be expanding again, pulled up by the strong performance of Asian economies and stabilization or modest recovery elsewhere...

Chapter 1 Global Prospects and Policy Issues »
Source: World Economic Outlook, September 2006 : Financial Systems and Economic Cycles
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 April 2006
ISBN: 9781589065987
Keywords: debt, financial systems, interest, productivity growth, payments
Global Economic Environment The global expansion was broad-based in the first half of 2006, with activity in most regions meeting or exceeding expectations, and recent indicators sug...

The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth »
Source: The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth : Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Asia
Volume/Issue: 2013/152
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ravi Balakrishnan , Chad Steinberg , and Murtaza Syed
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 June 2013
ISBN: 9781475531169
Keywords: Inequality, Labor Market, pro-poor, gini, income distribution, Personal Income and Wealth Distribution, Government Policy and Regulation, General, Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development,
This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia’s recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two dec...

I World Economic Outlook and Policy Responses to the Global Slowdown »
Source: World Economic Outlook, May 1999 : International Financial Contagion
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 May 1999
ISBN: 9781557758095
Keywords: unemployment, debt, interest, debtor countries, current account
Since the end of 1998 some significant positive developments in the world economy have been broadly balanced by some important setbacks, so that the global outlook is little changed. Among the setba...