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CHAPTER 5 Poverty Reduction and Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries »
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Source: International Monetary Fund Annual Report 2001 : 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: 17 September 2001
ISBN: 9781589060623
Keywords: interest, debt, payments, loans, financial statements
The stubbornly high incidence of extreme poverty in many parts of the world remains one of the greatest challenges facing the international community. The International Development Goals adopted by United Na...

The End of An Era? the Medium- and Long-Term Effects of the Global Crisison Growth in Low-Income Countries1 »
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Source: The End of An Era? the Medium- and Long-Term Effects of the Global Crisison Growth in Low-Income Countries
Volume/Issue: 2010/205
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Chris Papageorgiou , Andrew Berg , Catherine Pattillo , and Nicola Spatafora
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2010
ISBN: 9781455205363
Keywords: Global financial crisis, low-income countries, medium- and long-term growth, impulse response functions, growth spells, panel growth regressions, terms of trade, pre-crisis, post-crisis growth, exchange rate regime
This paper investigates the medium- and long-term growth effects of the global financial crises on Low-Income Countries (LICs). Using several methodological approaches, including impulse response function analysis,...

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisison Microfinance and Policy Implications »
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Source: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisison Microfinance and Policy Implications
Volume/Issue: 2011/175
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Gabriel Di Bella
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2011
ISBN: 9781462313303
Keywords: global financial crisis, lending rate fundamentals, capital markets, international capital, Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation,
The global financial crisis affected microfinance institutions (MFIs) as lending growth was constrained by scarcer borrowing opportunities, while the economic slowdown negatively impacted asset quality and profitab...