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Toward A Fiscal Union for the Euro Area »
Source: Toward A Fiscal Union for the Euro Area
Volume/Issue: 2013/9
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s): Céline Allard , Petya Koeva Brooks , John Bluedorn , Fabian Bornhorst , Franziska Ohnsorge , and Katharine Christopherson Puh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 September 2013
ISBN: 9781484307373
Keywords: Euro Area, Fiscal Union, Fiscal Integration, Fiscal Federalism, Fiscal Governance, Risk Sharing, fiscal risk, fiscal rules, fiscal discipline, fiscal policies
This is on a highly topical issue and addresses a key policy issue for Europe-namely, reinforcing EMU institutional architecture along with the Banking Union. Some proposals have emerged in Europe, and it will be i...

Statement by Assimaidou Kossi Executive Director for WAEMU March 14, 2012 »
Source: West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) : Staff Report on Common Policies for Member Countries
Volume/Issue: 2012/59
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 March 2012
ISBN: 9781475502428
Keywords: regional integration, fiscal balance, public debt, monetary union
The staff report on discussions with regional institutions of the West African Economic and Monetary Union is presented. The region faced a number of challenges in 2011, with the intensification of the political cr...

West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) »
Source: West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) : Staff Report on Common Policies for Member Countries
Volume/Issue: 2012/59
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 March 2012
ISBN: 9781475502428
Keywords: regional integration, fiscal balance, public debt, monetary union
The staff report on discussions with regional institutions of the West African Economic and Monetary Union is presented. The region faced a number of challenges in 2011, with the intensification of the political cr...

Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance - Initial Considerations for the Fund »
Source: Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance - Initial Considerations for the Fund
Volume/Issue: 2015/065
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 October 2015
ISBN: 9781498344111
Keywords: Fiscal sector, Real sector, Economic conditions, Economic integration, Regional economics, country group, AMs, structural reform, macroeconomic performance, TFP
Structural policies have become a prominent feature of today's macroeconomic policy discussion. For many countries, lackluster economic growth and high unemployment cloud the outlook. With fewer traditional policy...

Joint Responsibility Shared Rewards »
Source: Joint Responsibility Shared Rewards : The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda
Volume: 19
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 April 2019
ISBN: 9781513510323
Keywords: Economic integration, Economic systems, Economic reforms, Economic policy, Fiscal policy, external linkage, trade tension, policy framework, structural reform, resilience
International cooperation, economic and financial integration, and technological progress have delivered enormous benefits across the globe during the past decades. Yet, in many countries, these benefits have not b...

Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board Executive Board Meeting »
Source: Statement by the Managing Director on the Work Program of the Executive Board Executive Board Meeting
Volume/Issue: 2017/059
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 November 2017
ISBN: 9781498346221
Keywords: External sector, Economic integration, Economic reforms, Economic growth, Fiscal policy, digitalization, WEO, digital economy, IMFC, general review
This Work Program (WP) translates the strategic directions and policy priorities laid out in the Fall 2017 Global Policy Agenda (GPA) and the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Communiqué into an...

Strengthening the West African Economic and Monetary Union: The Role of Fiscal and Market Institutions in Economic Stabilization »
Source: Strengthening the West African Economic and Monetary Union : The Role of Fiscal and Market Institutions in Economic Stabilization
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Olivier Basdevant , Patrick Imam , Tidiane Kinda , and Aleksandra Zdzienicka
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 October 2015
ISBN: 9781513567334
Keywords: Fiscal rules and institutions, West African Economic and Monetary Union, External shocks, Regional shocks, Economic stabilization, Economic integration, fiscal, debt, insurance, deficit
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries face a well-known dilemma between the need to provide shock-smoothing mechanisms and the lack of adequate mechanisms to do so. WAEMU countries are subject...

Revisiting the Economic Case for Fiscal Union in the Euro Area »
Source: Revisiting the Economic Case for Fiscal Union in the Euro Area
Volume/Issue: 2018/3
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Helge Berger , Giovanni Dell'Ariccia , and Maurice Obstfeld
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 February 2018
ISBN: 9781484340424
Keywords: Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Monetary unions, Spain, Italy, Fiscal policy, France, Germany, Greece
The paper makes an analytical contribution to the revived discussion about the euro area's institutional setup. After significant progress during the euro crisis, the drive to complete Europe's Economic and Monetar...

Enhancing Surveillance - Interconnectedness and Clusters - Background Paper »
Source: Enhancing Surveillance - Interconnectedness and Clusters - Background Paper
Volume/Issue: 2012/016
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 March 2012
ISBN: 9781498340823
Keywords: Asia, Background papers, Business cycles, Economic integration, Fiscal policy, Monetary policy, Oil prices, Oil revenues, Saudi Arabia, Surveillance
This paper provides additional detail for the framework discussed in 'Enhancing Surveillance - Interconnectedness and Clusters' through theoretical and empirical analysis of linkages, including case studies of Saud...

Building Peace in South East Europe - Macroeconomic Policies and Structural Reforms Since the Kosovo Conflict »
Source: Building Peace in South East Europe - Macroeconomic Policies and Structural Reforms Since the Kosovo Conflict
Volume/Issue: 2001/032
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 October 2001
ISBN: 9781498327657
Keywords: Eastern Europe, Economic conditions, Structural adjustment, Economic integration, Economic policy, Balance of payments, Fiscal policy, Trade policy, PP, FYR Macedonia
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