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Promoting Inclusive Growth
How to get global growth going again through trade, productivity, reducing inequality, and promoting women's economic empowerment.
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Jobs and Growth : Supporting the European Recovery: Supporting the European Recovery »
Series: Books
Author(s): Martin Schindler , Helge Berger , Bas Bakker , and Antonio Spilimbergo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 April 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484304464.071
ISBN: 9781484304464
Keywords: labor market, employment, unemployment, regulations, labor productivity
Five years after the onset of the global financial crisis, Europe's economy is still fragile. Notwithstanding recent positive signs amid calmer financial markets, medium-term growth is likely to remain frail owing...

World Economic Outlook, April 2015 : Uneven Growth »
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 April 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498378000.081
ISBN: 9781498378000
Keywords: investment, prices, productivity, output, advanced economies
Global growth remains moderate and uneven, and a number of complex forces are shaping the outlook. These include medium- and long-term trends, global shocks, and many country- or region-specific factors. The April...

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
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589065987.081
ISBN: 9781589065987
Keywords: debt, financial systems, interest, productivity growth, payments
The IMF's World Economic Outlook is packed with country specific facts, figures, and worldwide projections that present the outlook for growth, inflation, trade, and other economic developments in a clear, practica...

Productivity Growth in the Nordic Countries : An Appraisal of Analysis, Data and Methodological Information »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2005
ISBN: 9789289311847
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Country's Growth Rate, Labor Productivity and Relative Productivity, Economic Growth, Economy and national budget, Standards of Living, Development of Labor Productivity
Even small increases in a country's growth rate can result in large changes in living standards over just one generation. This key insight, which often seems to be forgotten by policymakers, is an important reason...

Unproductive Public Expenditures : A Pragmatic Approach to Policy Analysis »
Series: Pamphlet Series
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 April 2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557755414.054
ISBN: 9781557755414
Keywords: expenditure, public expenditure, expenditures, public expenditures, expenditure productivity
Public expenditure policy, together with efforts to raise revenue,is at the core of efficient and equitable adjustment. Public expenditureproductivity has critical implications for fiscal adjustment, particularly a...

Deindustrialization : Its Causes and Implications »
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 September 1997
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756435.051
ISBN: 9781557756435
Keywords: employment, productivity growth, service sector, share of employment, unemployment
Over the past 25 years, the share of employment accouted for bymanufacturing has fallen dramatically in the world's most advanced economies, a phenomenon widely referred to as "deindustrialization."Many see deindus...

Nordic Economic Policy Review : Productivity and competitiveness »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2011
ISBN: 9789289322959
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Nordic Economic Policy, Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Economic Associations, Widening Productivity Gap Between the EU and the US, Mika Maliranta Human Capital and Productivity, Tuomas Pekkarinen Productivity and Education
The Nordic Economic Policy Review is published by the Nordic Council of Ministers and addresses policy issues in a way that is useful for in-formed non-specialists as well as for professional economists. All articl...

Growth in East Asia : What We Can and What We Cannot infer »
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756077.051
ISBN: 9781557756077
Keywords: economic growth, growth rates, technological progress, total factor productivity, growth rate
The spectacular growth of many economies in East Asia over the past 30years has impressed the economics profession, which often refers to thesuccess of the so-called Four Tigers of the region (Hong Kong, Korea, Sin...

Fiscal Monitor, April 2016 : Acting Now, Acting Together »
Series: Fiscal Monitor
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513510590.089
ISBN: 9781513510590
Keywords: Technological innovation, Productivity, Fiscal data, Fiscal framework, Fiscal Monitor, debt, tax, emerging market, income, market
The global economy remains fragile at this time. While the recovery in advanced economies is softening, many emerging market and developing economies have experienced a significant economic slowdown, and some large...

Perspectives économiques régionales, Oct 12 : Afrique subsaharienne Préserver la croissance dans un monde incertain »
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 October 2012
Language: French
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475510829.086
ISBN: 9781475510829
Keywords: exchange rate, exporting countries, exchange rate pegs, employment, oil exporters, labor productivity, oil-exporting countries, neighboring countries, oil-importing countries, importing countries
Economic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa have remained generally robust despite a sluggish global economy. The near-term outlook for the region remains broadly positive, and growth is projected at 51/4 percent a y...