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Chapter 9. Global Financial Shocks and Gross Capital Flows in Latin America »
Source: Latin America : New Challenges to Growth and Stability
Series: Books
Author(s): Dora Iakova , Luis Cubeddu , Gustavo Adler , and Sebastian Sosa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 December 2014
ISBN: 9781498328166
Keywords: debt, commodity, fiscal policy, interest, growth
Global financial markets have been a source of sizable shocks over the past decade, with broad repercussions across emerging markets. Stark examples are the crisis triggered by the...

Generation Next: 25 economists under 45 who are shaping the way we think about the global economy »
Source: Finance & Development, September 2014
Volume/Issue: 51/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 August 2014
ISBN: 9781475566987
Keywords: Finance and Development, monetary fund, global economy, monetary system, international monetary system
This chapter discusses various past and future aspects of the global economy. There has been a huge transformation of the global economy in the last several years. Articles on the future of energy in the global eco...

Global Aspirations: Islamic financing is transcending its traditional geographic boundaries and branching out with sukuk and other financial products »
Source: Finance and Development, September 2015
Volume/Issue: 52/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 August 2015
ISBN: 9781484372500
Keywords: Finance and Development, finance, monetary fund, markets, emerging markets, bank
This chapter presents the point of view and ideas of Sabina Alkire, an economist. Alkire wants the Multidimensional Poverty Index to be part of a data revolution to guide the fight against poverty. According to Alk...

Global Financial Regulatory Reform »
Source: Global Financial Regulatory Reform : Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
Volume/Issue: 2009/19
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s): Robert Rennhack
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 July 2009
ISBN: 9781462378791
Keywords: Financial institutions, Financial systems, Bank reforms, Bank regulations, Banking sector, Bank supervision, Basel Core Principles, Caribbean, Central banks, Governance
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has weathered the global financial crisis reasonably well so far, although tighter global financial conditions began to take their toll on trade, capital flows and econo...

Global Monetary Tightening »
Source: Global Monetary Tightening : Emerging Markets Debt Dynamics and Fiscal Crises
Volume/Issue: 2014/215
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Julio Escolano , Christina Kolerus , and Constant Lonkeng Ngouana
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 December 2014
ISBN: 9781475584691
Keywords: Debt dynamics, sovereign debt crisis, unconventional, debt, bond, interest, Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments, and Effects), International Lending and Debt Problems
This paper finds that tightening global financial conditions can worsen emerging economies' public debt dynamics through an increasing interest rate-growth differential, particularly if coupled with high global ris...

People in Economics: True Calling - Sabina Alkire is passionate about measuring and eradicating poverty »
Source: Finance and Development, September 2015
Volume/Issue: 52/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 August 2015
ISBN: 9781484372500
Keywords: Finance and Development, finance, monetary fund, markets, emerging markets, bank
This chapter presents the point of view and ideas of Sabina Alkire, an economist. Alkire wants the Multidimensional Poverty Index to be part of a data revolution to guide the fight against poverty. According to Alk...

Poverty and Water Supply: How to Move Forward »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1992
Volume/Issue: 29/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1992
ISBN: 9781451951806
Keywords: poverty reduction, expenditures, expenditure, public expenditure, food subsidies
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 quarterly...

Unorthodox Adjustment and Poverty in Peru »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1992
Volume/Issue: 29/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1992
ISBN: 9781451951806
Keywords: poverty reduction, expenditures, expenditure, public expenditure, food subsidies
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 quarterly...