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Bank activity: Assistance from the Bank plays a role in the progress of the Nile Delta Drainage Project »
Source: Finance & Development, March 1976
Volume/Issue: 13/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1976
ISBN: 9781616353247
Keywords: monetary system, gold, monetary fund, international monetary system
This paper highlights that agreement on an important package of reforms of vital significance to the future of the international monetary system was reached at a meeting of the Interim Committee of the Board of Gov...

Bank activity: Rural electrification »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1975
Volume/Issue: 12/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1975
ISBN: 9781616353230
Keywords: balance of payments, oil prices, oil facility, trade negotiations
This paper reviews the 1975 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank that were held in Washington, D.C., from September 1-5. The paper highlights that three separate but related them...

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Source: Finance & Development, March 1976
Volume/Issue: 13/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1976
ISBN: 9781616353247
Keywords: monetary system, gold, monetary fund, international monetary system
This paper highlights that agreement on an important package of reforms of vital significance to the future of the international monetary system was reached at a meeting of the Interim Committee of the Board of Gov...

Book notices »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1975
Volume/Issue: 12/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1975
ISBN: 9781616353230
Keywords: balance of payments, oil prices, oil facility, trade negotiations
This paper reviews the 1975 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank that were held in Washington, D.C., from September 1-5. The paper highlights that three separate but related them...

Chapter 3. Caribbean Tourism in the Global Marketplace: Trends, Drivers, and Challenges »
Source: Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean
Series: Books
Author(s): Krishna Srinivasan , Inci Otker , Uma Ramakrishnan , and Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 November 2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Keywords: Financial analysis, International financial markets, International financial cooperation, Financial integration, Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Regional integration, Regional economic integration, Economic integration, Caribbean
Introduction The Caribbean region is highly dependent on tourism. The role of tourism in economic activity in the region increased steadily following the dismantling of the system of...

Chapter 4. Cuba Awakening: Potential Risks and Opportunities »
Source: Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean
Series: Books
Author(s): Krishna Srinivasan , Inci Otker , Uma Ramakrishnan , and Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 November 2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Keywords: Financial analysis, International financial markets, International financial cooperation, Financial integration, Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Regional integration, Regional economic integration, Economic integration, Caribbean
Introduction The growth of Caribbean tourism other than to Cuba is partly a post–Cuban revolution phenomenon. After the Cuban revolution in 1959, U.S. travel restrictions in 1963 clo...

Chapter 8. Debt Restructuring in the Caribbean—The Recent Experience »
Source: Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean
Series: Books
Author(s): Krishna Srinivasan , Inci Otker , Uma Ramakrishnan , and Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 November 2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Keywords: Financial analysis, International financial markets, International financial cooperation, Financial integration, Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Regional integration, Regional economic integration, Economic integration, Caribbean
Introduction Many economies in the Caribbean region have been caught in a low growth–high debt trap for decades. Debt has been built up over the years through large fiscal deficits,...

Chapter 14. Emigration and Remittances in the Caribbean »
Source: Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean
Series: Books
Author(s): Krishna Srinivasan , Inci Otker , Uma Ramakrishnan , and Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 November 2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Keywords: Financial analysis, International financial markets, International financial cooperation, Financial integration, Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Regional integration, Regional economic integration, Economic integration, Caribbean
Introduction Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in the Caribbean, where emigrants account for more than 20 percent of the region’s population, compared...

Chapter 13. Energy Diversification: Macro-Related Challenges »
Source: Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean
Series: Books
Author(s): Krishna Srinivasan , Inci Otker , Uma Ramakrishnan , and Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 November 2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Keywords: Financial analysis, International financial markets, International financial cooperation, Financial integration, Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Regional integration, Regional economic integration, Economic integration, Caribbean
Introduction The cost of electricity in the Caribbean has been persistently high over the past two decades, and has eroded competitiveness. This situation is largely due to serious i...

Chapter 9. Financial Development and Inclusion in the Caribbean »
Source: Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean
Series: Books
Author(s): Krishna Srinivasan , Inci Otker , Uma Ramakrishnan , and Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 November 2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Keywords: Financial analysis, International financial markets, International financial cooperation, Financial integration, Economic growth, Inclusive growth, Regional integration, Regional economic integration, Economic integration, Caribbean
Introduction Financial development, by providing agents with better market access, liquidity, and diversity of instruments, has the potential to unleash new growth sources and help c...